Is this a hummingbird moth? I can't find one like it on the internet.?

Question

It looks like the clearwing ones they show, except his body looked more "shell" like, like a ladybugs wings, not fuzzy.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z121/battatter/hummingbirdmothImgp5848.jpg

Answer 1

The colors are a little strange, but it looks like a Scarlet bodied wasp moth.

Answer 2

Unfortunately there are several species that have that common name.  That picture however is not a hummingbird butterfly.  Here is a picture of a hummingbird butterfly.  Very different.

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/speci...

It looks to be one of the wasp moth species.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/41287

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/speci...

It would help to know where the picture was taken

Answer 3

Yes that is one species commonly called a humming moth.

Answer 4

It does look like one,but I've never seen one that has a body like that.I just had one of the "fuzzy" ones in my garden today ( common clearwing) Where do you live?

Here's the one I saw.

http://images.whatsthatbug.com/images/he...

Could it be a Nadia clearwing?

http://images.whatsthatbug.com/images/na...