I was out and about this afternoon and ran into this guy on my butterfly bush. I believe it is a Snowberry Clearwing Hummingbird Moth. At first glance I thought it was a rather large bumblebee. I couldn’t get a good look at it’s wings as it never sat still long enough, preferring to hover while feeding like a hummingbird does. Using the flash on my digital camera, I was able to capture more detail.
A peek into the beds
Both of the Nanho blue buddleia (butterfly bush) are in full bloom and the butterflies are loving it.
The flower bed is looking full this year. The spring rains have really done a lot of good. Like pretty much everything around here they really suffered last summer with the drought. Though we picked up almost 5 inches of rain early this month we are getting pretty dry around here again. The rain barrels are just about empty.
The barrel tomatoes are really filling in as hoped. The black eyed susan vine spilling over the side is just starting to bloom and there are lots of green cherry toms on those plants.