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Old 08-20-2011, 04:00 AM
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A while back I was looking at thread here on DR that mentioned a lobster bird. I have found this video supposedly showing an actual "lobsterbird".

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It looks more like a humming bird but it has a pair antennas on its head, it could be a moth of some sort. What do you guys think? I find it hard to believe that there's a flying crustacean.
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Old 08-20-2011, 05:20 AM
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Imho it belongs to Sphingidae family, some Entomologyst would be able to say it for sure.

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Sphingidae is a family of moths (Lepidoptera), commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms, that includes about 1,200 species (Grimaldi & Engel, 2005). It is best represented in the tropics but there are species in every region (Scoble, 1995). They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their rapid, sustained flying ability (Scoble, 1995). The narrow wings and streamlined abdomen are adaptations for rapid flight.

Some hawk moths, like the hummingbird hawk moth, hover in midair while they feed on nectar from flowers and are sometimes mistaken for hummingbirds. This hovering capability has evolved only three times in nectar feeders: in hummingbirds, certain bats, and these sphingids (Kitching, 2002) (an example of convergent evolution). Sphingids have been much studied for their flying ability, especially their ability to move rapidly from side to side while hovering, called 'swing-hovering.' It is thought that this evolved to deal with ambush predators that lie in wait in flowers (Kitching, 2002).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphingidae
See this one for comparison:

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Old 08-20-2011, 06:20 AM
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gatagato, i think you hit the nail right on the head
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Old 08-20-2011, 09:23 AM
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That's definitely it gatagato
That thing is actually quite cute
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Old 08-20-2011, 10:03 AM
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That's definitely it gatagato
That thing is actually quite cute
So is DR's Lobsterbird.
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Old 08-20-2011, 10:32 PM
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Catch it. Cook it. Eat it.
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Has Lobz seen this thread?
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Old 08-21-2011, 01:20 AM
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Fry em up
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I saw something similar last year in my garden but gray and smaller.Always appeared at the same time.
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Old 11-29-2011, 12:48 AM
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I saw something quite similar when i was a child. Glad to know it wasnt some out of control day dream!
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