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Hemaris thysbe
Adults are frequently mistaken for hummingbirds or bees because of their fast-moving wings and coloration. They have a two inch wingspan. The caterpillars eat viburnum, hawthorn, honeysuckle, and a few types of fruit trees.
Hemaris thysbe, or the Hummingbird Clearwing, is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It lives in Alaska and the Northwest Territories south through British Columbia to Oregon; east through the Great Plains and the Great Lakes area to Maine and Newfoundland; south to Florida and Texas.
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Awsome!
Beautiful spotting! Please add this to my mission, Moths of the World:
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8841...
Very nice. I like images where you can actually see the wings.
Pretty!
Beautiful shot! They are not easy to photograph!