Wednesday, July 31, 2002

I have an Abelia bush in my front yard. I had thought of gettting rid of it, as it needs trimming every month to keep from looking messy. But - it has white flowers with a strong sweet smell, and they attract lots of interesting insects. This spring, I've had lots of bumblebees (and other bee and bee-mimic things), butterflies (including Tiger Swallowtails, probably one of the most beautiful creatures on Earth). And now, this morning, there was a hummingbird moth visiting them. Hummingbird moths are what they sound like - moths that you would swear was a hummingbird, until you saw the 6 legs, antennae, and compound eyes.

It was too cool.

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