Hummingbird moths acutally look like a small hummingbird. I have seen several in my flower gardens in Indiana. They love phlox and are usually seen in the late afternoon or early evening. they are also are not shy creatures and will stay focused on the flowers while you get close to them.
Hummingbird Moth
This is one of the day flying sphinx moths, Family Sphingidae, known collectively as Hummingbird Moths.
it can be a fire fly or a flying ant
humming bug
The flying, ant-like insect with a black body and orange legs is called a spider wasp or pompilid wasp. They can be found in South America, particularly in Venezuela and Colombia.
Is this it? Polistes Carolina - Red Wasp Google a few different images - they seem to come in shades from pinkish to burgundy. Funny, the photos seem to be from the south eastern states, but I saw one in Toronto Ontario, Canada.
Tarantula Hawk - hunts tarantulas
If a bee looks like a flying ant, it's probably a digger wasp. Digger wasps make little cocaans of sand, actually mud, and fill it with paralysed insects or spiders. Then it lays an egg inside and seals the nest. The hatchling from the egg eats the paralysed prey.
There are several large brown flying insects all over the world, including Colorado. It could of been a wasp.
The flying, ant-like insect with a black body and orange legs is called a spider wasp or pompilid wasp. They can be found in South America, particularly in Venezuela and Colombia.
Wasp?
wasp
A wasp
Wasps sting and they have no hair
A small flying insect that stings when disturbed.
The answer is a waspet
Red wasp.
Is this it? Polistes Carolina - Red Wasp Google a few different images - they seem to come in shades from pinkish to burgundy. Funny, the photos seem to be from the south eastern states, but I saw one in Toronto Ontario, Canada.
dragonfly
The Ladyfinger moth has a black or brown body and pink wings. This species of moth happens to look like a wasp.
It sounds like a sawfly