Hummingbird Moth #WordlessWednesday

A sad morning - last evening, while my spouse was watching a baseball game, we heard of the death of Willie Mays, a baseball legend of my childhood, and one of the greatest players of all time, at age 93.  I will blog about him later this week.  

Now,  to my already written post.

Have you ever heard of a hummingbird moth?

I saw one for the first time back in the 1980's when I lived in Arkansas.  I was positive I had seen a hummingbird but something seemed a little off.  A neighbor told me what I had seen.  It's easy to be fooled.  They hover like hummingbirds, although they are also smaller.

I've seen them a handful of times where I live now in New York State.

My spouse was out watering my hanging baskets (thank you!) a couple of days ago when he saw this on a basket of million bells (look on the upper right and you'll see a pair of yellow semi-circular stripes and the wings).  My apologies for not having better closeups.

Moved onto a low flower on the left.

One more capture on the left. You can see the stripes against the green basket.

Joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for her #WordlessWednesday.