Totally off topic :^')

Snille

I’ll continue your thread with another visitor (we had 2013) when we moved to our first house. :) I don’t know the English name of it… But in Swedish it’s called “Jättesvärmare”.

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Mykle1

@Snille said in Totally off topic :^'):

I’ll continue your thread with another visitor (we have 2013) when we moved to our first house. :) I don’t know the English name of it… But in Swedish it’s called “Jättesvärmare”.

Wonderful! Amazing! Spectacular! Fantastic!

Does this look right?

Mykle1

@Snille said in Totally off topic :^'):

Jättesvärmare or Nattsvärmare looks to be what we would call a MOTH. That is amazing because it’s an insect that flies like a hummingbird.

https://www.bendsource.com/bend/that-aint-no-hummingbird-life-among-the-sphinx-moths/Content?oid=2131465

I love this stuff!

Mykle1

So here is a video I took with my iPhone yesterday, August 25, 2017 at about 4:30PM Eastern US time. The same time I was taking the pictures above with my camera. I would REALLY like to see a Jättesvärmare or Nattsvärmare now that I know about them. Make the video full screen for a better view. At 0:22 you can hear me whisper, “Ahh, beautiful!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-PK--dJVSw&feature=youtu.be

Snille

@Mykle1 I just love how the hummingbird is flying, the hoovering is so cool! :)

Mykle1

@Snille said in Totally off topic :^'):

I just love how the hummingbird is flying, the hoovering is so cool! :)

I agree. I am totally captivated by them. I just spent 2 hours sitting silently in a chair waiting but only one short sighting today. Gone before I even got my camera ready.

Mykle1

Don’t want to call it a death’s-head? In Dutch, they’re called Doodshoofdvlinder; in French, le sphinx à tête de mort; in German, Totenkopfschwärmer; in Spanish, cabeza de muerto; and in Swedish, Dödskallesvärmare.

A. atropos is the fastest moth in the world; it can fly at speeds up to 30mph! The insects can also hover like hummingbirds as they drink nectar from flowers.

Mykle1

Went to opening night at the US OPEN Tennis tournament. The site of the 1964 World’s Fair, which my father brought me to. I snapped this picture while sneaking a cigarette in the stairway. You might recognize the objects on the right. :^)

cowboysdude

Yes but do they really fly? HAHAHAHAHA

Mykle1

@cowboysdude said in Totally off topic :^'):

Yes but do they really fly?

Yes, watch the movie ;-)

roramirez

Here we call “Picaflor” to this bird. This year on of them got into my covered back garden of my house. I’ve help it to get out and release, here a picture :)

PS: You can see the long of tongue

Mykle1

@roramirez said in Totally off topic :^'):

Here we call “Picaflor” to this bird. This year on of them got into my covered back garden of my house. I’ve help it to get out and release, here a picture :)

PS: You can see the long of tongue

Oh wow! Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!!!

Picaflor - I like that! :^)

Mykle1

Rather than post another hummingbird video (there is a link above) I decided to post a timelapse video of the moonflowers in my yard that bloom at sundown every day. Took my old iPad and stacked a few milk crates for a stand. Voila!

https://youtu.be/sveRhrsx8KA

sdetweil

@mykle1 very cool!

Mykle1

2 years later

Mykle1

Three years after the initial post. Here they are:

Miafrance

I really enjoy reading such stories. Currently, I’m working for a healthcare software development company and all the health tech news is interesting for me.

Mykle1

@Miafrance

I am glad you find it interesting. I look forward to seeing the hummingbirds in my yard every summer. :-)

BKeyport

@Mykle1 I thought the 1962 world’s fair was in Seattle.

Mykle1

@BKeyport

Says 1964 :-)