My yard is filled with butterflies!!!!!!

[Mamu]

I think the wings are more translucent then they appear in the photo and they are fluttering which makes them look quite different. If the body is the same I'm sure it's the Hummingbird Moth.

 

[Barb]

I got up close and personal with the little bugger yesterday. We have one bush right outside my living room window. So I can get very close without scaring anything away. That does look like it, but it seems the body is slimmer and longer when it's flitting around. I did see the stripe which I hadn't noticed before. It sure is a funny little thing, isn't it? You're right, Mamu, the wings are going a mile a minute so it is hard to see what they look like.

 

[Glinda]

Here's a picture of our mystery guest
http://home.earthlink.net/~dsilhan/gardenguests.html
Mind you I was taking a picture of the plant, he just happened to be the frame. You have to look closely, sorry

 

[shep]

Thats the little guy...

 

[Mamu]

I think the species is a Hummingbird Hawk-Moth.