Hummingbird Clearwing Moth photographed at my community garden yesterday [OC]

Didn't even know such a thing existed. At first I thought it was a baby hummingbird until I got closer and saw the fur and antennae.

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Hover shrimp.

Lol, I don't know why but I feel kinda bad for laughing at that, poor cute non-dinosaur birb

Is this an example or convergent evolution or mimicry? Or something else I'm not aware of?

Yes (convergent part), but I would say that it's more like the bird(s) one is converging to take the classic infect job

Holy shit this is amazing. Stunning capture too! What did you use to ID?

Thanks, I used Google Lens to reverse image search and then cross referenced the results with my state’s biodiversity page.

I love these little guys, they were all over our garden when I was a kid. It's been a few years since I've seen one unfortunately :(

Beautiful shot. We get to see them around where I live luckily.

Beautiful shot considering how fast they move.

Absolutely beautiful shot! It's stunning.