Michael,<\/p>\n
After getting out of the hospital (again) today my docs\/nurses said to go easy on the exercise.\u00c2\u00a0 So I was on a post dinner amble around the house long after sunset.\u00c2\u00a0 I saw something moving out of the corner of my eye.\u00c2\u00a0 There were dozens of these little unidentified flitting critters sucking on the nectar of our Jupiter’s Beard flowers.\u00c2\u00a0 It was too dark to see what they were.\u00c2\u00a0 I called out to Beth inside, “Come out and see these amazing little things! And bring my camera!”<\/p>\n
I could get quite close to them without alarming them, and got 8 good photos<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 They appear to be 1 1\/2 to 2 inches long, not including the bill, which is about 1 1\/2 in long. Each time the camera flashed the UFC jumped up about 3 inches in the duration of the flash. I don’t know what that translates to in terms of speed, but it’s *fast*! Their colors are grey and pink, like nothing I’ve ever seen.\u00c2\u00a0 Their bill\/proboscis is long and bent.<\/p>\n Does anyone know what these are? Genus\/Order?<\/p>\n –rakkity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Michael, After getting out of the hospital (again) today my docs\/nurses said to go easy on the exercise.\u00c2\u00a0 So I was on a post dinner amble around the house long after sunset.\u00c2\u00a0 I saw something moving out of the corner … Continue reading