This lil creature was very fuzzy and was hopping flower to flower. At first I thought baby hummingbird but couldn't find any photos that looked like it. Quite the large snoot on it too. Thanks for the help!
this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2026
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I had one of these in the garden the other evening (Canada East Coast). Managed to get a few fuzzy pics. Also got a [wiki] Wasp Mantidfly this evening which was another bonus.
Nice catch there. Should use video myself more often to record findings. I tend to upload mine to iNaturalist with our 4 y/o daughter. Teaching her not to be afraid of bugs which pleases the misses, who yelps at the site of em, when she runs up with a new founding ;)
Woah never seen one of those before!
Very nice, I've been doing the same with my daughter, she's 9 now and has a great respect for nature and it's inhabitants. Keep it up!
And the wasp who was much more compliant: