Is It A Bird? An Israeli Secret Spy Camera?

Global Warming Mutant Ninja Bumble Bee??

Why I do declare, look at that there clear wing hummingbird moth. Cool!

Yeah ok I see a hummingbird photoshoped with a bees belly and insect antenas added . If you look closely the magnified insectabird is clear but belly faded as well as background. Dont buy this photo for a sec.

Reality Check that is a real picture of a real animal. Google hummingbird moth.

Actually.   While this may appear to be some mysterious form of wildlife?   This pic is actually of a drone commissioned by the Obama Administration to keep an 'eye' on your Oil Sands development.
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I would run screaming into the house if I came across a creature like that in my garden!!!

@ Joe I stand corrected . Not the first time I have been wrong or the last sigh.

yup, occasionally seen these moths in Manitoba also, on the sand cherry blossoms .

Most freakish/interesting is the 6-8" wingspan Polyphemus Moths. Thought they were bats first time I'd seen them in the dark.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antheraea_polyphemus

Love those clearwings! I first learned about them in one of John Acorn's excellent books.

Mind, I'm biased, since John was my best friend in junior high. :)

I see these things (Hemaris thysbe) at our cottage on Lake Nippissing all the time

Yes, I have seen one or two moths somewhat like that. They are definitely a weird sight.

Perhaps the CIA will start the rumour that it has perfected very small drones (the US gov't is working on them)
which look like wasps and which are housed when not in use in wasps nests.

Check out WhatsThatBug.com I think I may have found something similar here:
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2011/05/31/bug-of-the-month-june-2011-tachinid-fly/

Breezer, I checked out your link. I think this link might be more accurate though: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/category/hummingbird-moths/

I saw one last summer.. the biggest and weirdest flying bug I've seen by far. It really moves like a hummingbird. Not very afraid of people either. This one was weaving through a couple dozen people at a patio party for an hour or so, sucking on flowers. I could probably have reached out and smacked it a few times.

Oh.. and for any rabblers out there, when I say "patio party" I obviously meant "fascist rally".

From Wikipedia - Hemaris is a Holarctic genus of sphinx moths, consisting of about 17 species living in the Holarctic, four of which fly in North and South America, three fly in Europe. Their main host plants are herbs and shrubs of the Dipsacaceae (Teasel) and Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle) families. Moths in the Hemaris genus are collectively called Clearwing Moths or Hummingbird Moths in the US, and Bee Hawk-Moths in Britain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummingbird_moth

There is something similar here in the Persian Gulf. They only fly after sunset. Big rascals and they drive the cat crazy trying to catch them.

http://www.avinc.com/resources/press_release/aerovironment_develops_worlds_first_fully_operational_life-size_hummingbird

(Probably a test flight of Aerovironment's Nano Hummingbird)

Video:

http://www.avinc.com/nano/

We have them occasionally in the North Bay area...as Sean Peake mentioned. We definitely did the 'doubletake' when they first appeared and we mistook them for hummingbirds.
I am very interested in the flower...perhaps hunter could share the name of that lovely white cluster.

Best comment from the link:

Mothra.

Looks like a hawk moth to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphingidae

Ah. Hummingbird moths ARE hawk moths.

I love those little bugs. Don't see enough of them, but you'll never forget it when one zips past your head on a summer evening...

I had one of those in my garden several years ago and quickly got my camera as I had no idea what it was then.
Beautiful to behold as it is so unexpected. A hummingbee would be a good description.

Supper for a crow or a magpie!

I'm going with the Israeli spy camera , killer laser thingy. That is one mean bug..