I just completed a 3 session class on butterflies at Bedford Audubon where I learned to ID the common local butterflies. Of all the fluttery creatures we saw my favorite was a moth, not a butterfly –Hermaris Thysbe, commonly called the Hummingbird Moth. It looks exactly like a hummingbird but it is smaller. It looks and acts just like a hummingbird. If you see a tiny, whirling creature at your flowers, look closely. Is it a butterfly? A hummingbird? Or a moth?
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