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2 Species ID Suggestions

Cephonodes kingii Sphingidae
ceherzog
ceherzog 12 years ago
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth
Hemaris thysbe Hemaris thysbe, the Hummingbird Clearwing Moth


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8 Comments

BrianDrourr
BrianDrourr 12 years ago

Thanks all for the photo compliments and for all your help with IDing the critters!

Annie T
Annie T 12 years ago

Fantastic photo!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

So pretty so clearly caught by the camera!

CoraVajnai
CoraVajnai 12 years ago

So pretty!! :)

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

I think ceherzog is right on with this one. The other suggestion is close but that moth is found in Australia, this is in the US.

ceherzog
ceherzog 12 years ago

Actually, now that I look at the Cephonodes...I think that is the correct ID. I just don't know if it occurs in Vermont.

InannaBintAli
InannaBintAli 12 years ago

Looks like a sphinx moth to me, too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphingidae

BrianDrourr
Spotted by
BrianDrourr

Burlington, Vermont, USA

Spotted on Aug 1, 2011
Submitted on Aug 1, 2011

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