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Spotting

Description:

Green, fuzzy head, antennae, striped back, wings same size as body.

Notes:

Found in a flowering lantana at Home Depot. My husband thought it was a baby humming bird.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Hummingbird Clearwing
Hemaris thysbe Hemaris thysbe


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2 Comments

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

Moved to Arthropods :-)

TKBotting
TKBotting 12 years ago

It's a moth... In my range we often call similar moths 'hummingbird moths'.
I think they look a bit like a cross between a lobster and an hummingbird.

sarah1935
Spotted by
sarah1935

Louisiana, USA

Spotted on Aug 18, 2012
Submitted on Aug 18, 2012

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