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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nora Villella" data-source="post: 49417" data-attributes="member: 2593">Hi,   Saturday July 19, 2003.  My husband and 2 of our friends were touring the Botanical Gardens in Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada and I spotted what I've now learned is a hummingbird hawk-moth.  Assuming I was viewing a tiny hummingbird with 2 bold yellow stripes on its posterior, I shouted for my companians to come.  We were immediately opposed in our opinion of what we were witnessing.  As we watched longer, I finally spotted the feathery antenna so common to moths.  When we returned home last night, I plugged hummingbird wasp moth into Yahoo search and many sites came up.  I am puzzled, though, because none have bold yellow stripes on their posteriors AND I could find no references to any spotted in daylight in North America (Canada).  Now I wonder if I am right?  Thinking back, I wish I had gone into the administration building nearby and reported it AND I wish I had taken note what it was so busily feeding from.  Please direct me to more info on this unusual and delightful butterfly.  Thanks, Nora</blockquote>