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diggy4 · 09-24-2007, 07:26 AM

I google them and here are the regions they have been reported in...
Heflin, Alabama
Compton, Arkansas
Rathdrum, Idaho
Troy, Illinois
Jeffersonville, Indiana
Noblesville, Indiana (2 reports)
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Benton, Kentucky
Boonsboro, Maryland
Brimfield, Massachusetts
Halifax, Massachusetts
Marshfield, Massachusetts
Howell, Michigan
Piedmont, Missouri
Hudson, New Hampshire
Oak Ridge, New Jersey
Mechanicville, New York
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Hillsborough, North Carolina
Oxford, North Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina
Bucyrus, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Corning, Ohio
Hubbard, Ohio
New Madison, Ohio
Alexandria, Pennsylvania
Alexandria, Virginia
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Menasha, Wisconsin
West Bend, Wisconsin

Order: Lepidoptera (le-pid-OP-ter-a) (Info)
Family: Sphingidae (SFIN-gi-dee) (Info)
Genus: Hemaris
Species: thysbe

Txgurl06 · 09-24-2007, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by diggy4

I google them and here are the regions they have been reported in...
Heflin, Alabama
Compton, Arkansas
Rathdrum, Idaho
Troy, Illinois
Jeffersonville, Indiana
Noblesville, Indiana (2 reports)
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Benton, Kentucky
Boonsboro, Maryland
Brimfield, Massachusetts
Halifax, Massachusetts
Marshfield, Massachusetts
Howell, Michigan
Piedmont, Missouri
Hudson, New Hampshire
Oak Ridge, New Jersey
Mechanicville, New York
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Hillsborough, North Carolina
Oxford, North Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina
Bucyrus, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Corning, Ohio
Hubbard, Ohio
New Madison, Ohio
Alexandria, Pennsylvania
Alexandria, Virginia
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Menasha, Wisconsin
West Bend, Wisconsin

hmm i dont see TX. thats wierd.

diggy4 · 09-24-2007, 07:30 AM

I know...Very weird...maybe this is an old website not sure...Or maybe you should report them!! ?? I dont know how it works exactly...maybe there are different "breeds" like in hummingbirds??

Txgurl06 · 09-24-2007, 07:32 AM

well my stepdad doesnt have our pics anymore of them so im gonna have to try to take one. BUT my sister in law might have them still but we dont like each other lol so i might get my stepdad to ask her for them. Shes the one that took them.

diggy4 · 09-24-2007, 08:07 AM

that would be cool if you could get them and report it !

For My Coby · 09-24-2007, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by For My Coby

I'm so jealous!! I've never seen anything like that!!

I posted how jealous I was. Now, I'm twice as jealous. I remembered that my husband was raving about this weird moth he saw at work just last week that just kept hovering around his head and hanging out with him. So I showed him the picture that Txgurl06 posted, and that's what he saw!! I wanna see one!

Txgurl06 · 09-24-2007, 06:02 PM

hahahaha thats too funny!

i know i should report them but its soo difficult to get a pic! last summer it wasnt because they were always in our flower bush but this time like i said i only see them at night really! and unless he lands in a good clear spot for my camera to get it wont be any good!

For My Coby · 09-24-2007, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Txgurl06

hahahaha thats too funny!

i know i should report them but its soo difficult to get a pic! last summer it wasnt because they were always in our flower bush but this time like i said i only see them at night really! and unless he lands in a good clear spot for my camera to get it wont be any good!

Well, keep trying. I'm intrigued.

OpheliaLoved · 09-24-2007, 06:05 PM

We have them here in NE Ohio, too. My ex-mother in law planted butterfly bushes in her garden one summer, and they were buzzing all over them! We all thought they were baby humming birds! No one else around here seems to know what I'm talking about though; we even have butterfly bushes at my preschool, but I haven't seen any. Maybe they were specific to my ex-husband's yard???

-O

FL Tink · 09-24-2007, 06:06 PM

I have seen these on my pool screen! We have tons of hibicus flowering most of the year. Maybe that is what attracts them. Hmm never knew what they were called

For My Coby · 09-24-2007, 06:14 PM

Are butterfly bushes called "butterfly bushes"? I want to get some!

Txgurl06 · 09-24-2007, 06:17 PM

i dont see them in anyone elses yard either lol just ours! i think they know we are nice to them and their our no kids at our house to try and catch them!

Its just us , yorkies, cat, and the moths lol! one big happy family!

Im going to tell my mom and stepdad to snap pics when they see them!.they see them more than me they work in the yard more than i do lol.

dakotama95 · 09-24-2007, 06:30 PM

Thats what they are!!! I caught one last summer so that I could get a really close look at it. It was buzzing my butterfly bushes along with all of the butterflies. I also have humming birds that come to my flower gardens each year.. The one I caught looked just like the green one in the second link that you posted. Thanks for the info.

sammiz · 10-03-2007, 12:42 AM

Oooooohhh! I live in CA and we have lots of them here. I have given up on growing tomatoes because of these. In the 'hornworm' stage, they can decimate a tomato plant overnight.

They are very large and I am scared of them. I played with moths and crickets when I was a child but now I am scared to death of getting one on me.....they are so BIG!

My grandaughter made me look really bad when she was four and five years old. When I ran in the house to get away from one, she would say..."Don't be scared, Grandma..I'll catch it so it won't scare you anymore"...and then she would. Gave me the shivers.

For My Coby · 10-03-2007, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by sammiz

Oooooohhh! I live in CA and we have lots of them here. I have given up on growing tomatoes because of these. In the 'hornworm' stage, they can decimate a tomato plant overnight.

They are very large and I am scared of them. I played with moths and crickets when I was a child but now I am scared to death of getting one on me.....they are so BIG!

My grandaughter made me look really bad when she was four and five years old. When I ran in the house to get away from one, she would say..."Don't be scared, Grandma..I'll catch it so it won't scare you anymore"...and then she would. Gave me the shivers.

I don't like tomatos, so I'd give up a plant to see one!!

09-24-2007, 07:26 AM	#16
diggy4 Bella Boo & Diggy Too! Donating GS Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Detroit Posts: 6,156 Blog Entries: 5	I google them and here are the regions they have been reported in... Heflin, Alabama Compton, Arkansas Rathdrum, Idaho Troy, Illinois Jeffersonville, Indiana Noblesville, Indiana (2 reports) Cedar Rapids, Iowa Benton, Kentucky Boonsboro, Maryland Brimfield, Massachusetts Halifax, Massachusetts Marshfield, Massachusetts Howell, Michigan Piedmont, Missouri Hudson, New Hampshire Oak Ridge, New Jersey Mechanicville, New York Elizabeth City, North Carolina Hillsborough, North Carolina Oxford, North Carolina Raleigh, North Carolina Bucyrus, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio Corning, Ohio Hubbard, Ohio New Madison, Ohio Alexandria, Pennsylvania Alexandria, Virginia Fredericksburg, Virginia Menasha, Wisconsin West Bend, Wisconsin Order: Lepidoptera (le-pid-OP-ter-a) (Info) Family: Sphingidae (SFIN-gi-dee) (Info) Genus: Hemaris Species: thysbe __________________ ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN Last edited by diggy4; 09-24-2007 at 07:28 AM.

09-24-2007, 07:30 AM	#18
diggy4 Bella Boo & Diggy Too! Donating GS Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Detroit Posts: 6,156 Blog Entries: 5	I know...Very weird...maybe this is an old website not sure...Or maybe you should report them!! ?? I dont know how it works exactly...maybe there are different "breeds" like in hummingbirds?? __________________ ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN

09-24-2007, 08:07 AM	#20
diggy4 Bella Boo & Diggy Too! Donating GS Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Detroit Posts: 6,156 Blog Entries: 5	that would be cool if you could get them and report it ! __________________ ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN

09-24-2007, 06:05 PM	#24
OpheliaLoved YT Addict Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 385	We have them here in NE Ohio, too. My ex-mother in law planted butterfly bushes in her garden one summer, and they were buzzing all over them! We all thought they were baby humming birds! No one else around here seems to know what I'm talking about though; we even have butterfly bushes at my preschool, but I haven't seen any. Maybe they were specific to my ex-husband's yard??? -O __________________ "It aint what you sing, it's the way that you sing it" http://www.dogster.com/dogs/579953

09-24-2007, 06:14 PM	#26
For My Coby Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,139	Are butterfly bushes called "butterfly bushes"? I want to get some! __________________ Diane, and my boys ..... Coby and Reggie !! Striving to be a YTPP - a YT Positive Poster! In Memory of My Beautiful Mother 7/22/28-8/27/08

09-24-2007, 07:32 AM	#19
Txgurl06 RIP Skoshi! Love You Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wichita falls,tx Posts: 3,383	well my stepdad doesnt have our pics anymore of them so im gonna have to try to take one. BUT my sister in law might have them still but we dont like each other lol so i might get my stepdad to ask her for them. Shes the one that took them.

09-24-2007, 06:02 PM	#22
Txgurl06 RIP Skoshi! Love You Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wichita falls,tx Posts: 3,383	hahahaha thats too funny! i know i should report them but its soo difficult to get a pic! last summer it wasnt because they were always in our flower bush but this time like i said i only see them at night really! and unless he lands in a good clear spot for my camera to get it wont be any good!

09-24-2007, 06:06 PM	#25
FL Tink No Longer a Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Riverview, Florida Posts: 4,953	I have seen these on my pool screen! We have tons of hibicus flowering most of the year. Maybe that is what attracts them. Hmm never knew what they were called

09-24-2007, 06:17 PM	#27
Txgurl06 RIP Skoshi! Love You Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wichita falls,tx Posts: 3,383	i dont see them in anyone elses yard either lol just ours! i think they know we are nice to them and their our no kids at our house to try and catch them! Its just us , yorkies, cat, and the moths lol! one big happy family! Im going to tell my mom and stepdad to snap pics when they see them!.they see them more than me they work in the yard more than i do lol.

09-24-2007, 06:30 PM	#28
dakotama95 Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 378	Thats what they are!!! I caught one last summer so that I could get a really close look at it. It was buzzing my butterfly bushes along with all of the butterflies. I also have humming birds that come to my flower gardens each year.. The one I caught looked just like the green one in the second link that you posted. Thanks for the info. __________________ Dakota, Gizmo and Rudy's MA:

10-03-2007, 12:42 AM	#29
sammiz No Longer a Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PORTERVILLE, CA Posts: 1,574	Oooooohhh! I live in CA and we have lots of them here. I have given up on growing tomatoes because of these. In the 'hornworm' stage, they can decimate a tomato plant overnight. They are very large and I am scared of them. I played with moths and crickets when I was a child but now I am scared to death of getting one on me.....they are so BIG! My grandaughter made me look really bad when she was four and five years old. When I ran in the house to get away from one, she would say..."Don't be scared, Grandma..I'll catch it so it won't scare you anymore"...and then she would. Gave me the shivers.