This guy looks a bit like a hummingbird, but it is really a moth. In the picture you can barely tell he has wings. If you look closely you can tell that the background is blurred. In motion the resemblance to a hummingbird is more apparent. I usually see him on the abelia bush outside the window where I work at my computer, where he never seems to get tired. Today I saw him on the blue lantana and luckily I had my camera in hand.

I think this is Lantana montevidensis. Besides being blue, or rather lavender, it is more prostrate than the native variety. It’s been coming back from the roots every fall for many years. It starts to bloom in late August or September and continues until frost.