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Hummingbird Clearwing Moth

Hemaris thysbe

Description:

Stout body, olive to golden-green on backside of thorax, yellowish underneath, dark burgundy on the abdomen; forewings & hindwings have large unscaled, clear areas bordered to the edges with dark brown scales & with dark scales along veins.

Habitat:

A field of milkweed.

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4 Comments

Greg Shchepanek
Greg Shchepanek 7 years ago

Thank you very much Pradeep.

Pradeep Kumar
Pradeep Kumar 7 years ago

Nice shot!

Greg Shchepanek
Greg Shchepanek 7 years ago

Cool, would love to see one...thank you Jim.

Jim Nelson
Jim Nelson 7 years ago

We have the white-lined version of this moth in Nevada...nice capture, Greg!

Greg Shchepanek
Spotted by
Greg Shchepanek

Québec, Canada

Spotted on Jul 30, 2016
Submitted on Jul 31, 2016

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