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Strange 'fish lure' looking moth.
Spotted on Sep 14, 2015
Submitted on Jul 24, 2016
5 Comments
Yes, Sesiidae, Melittia sp.
http://www.flutters.org/home/photogaller...
Might be the same one as in the link, but not really sure.
A very beautiful Moth....
Actually, not a sphinx moth as the previous two people suggested. This is a type of clearwing moth (Sesiidae), probably one from the Melittia genus. I'm not familiar with species outside the US, but doing some searching and Melittia sangaica sangaica looks pretty close to me. But, I'm not an expert, so I'm not 100% sure about the exact species.
Yes, beautiful little Sphinx and so unusual.
Very interesting! Looks like it could be a hawk moth of the Sphingidae family.