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humming bee? - Hemaris diffinis
Copyright © 2007 tim8abug

humming bee? - Hemaris diffinis
outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
July 22, 2007
Never seen this before. Seems to love butterfly bushes.
Looks like a cross between a butterfly and a bumble bee.
It hovers when it flies. Drinks nector like a butterfly.
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Contributed by tim8abug on 22 July, 2007 - 4:00pm
Last updated 20 September, 2008 - 9:57am

Moved
Moved from Sphinx Moths.
… Nina, 20 September, 2008 - 9:57am login or register to post comments

7855 -- Snowyberry/Bumblebee Clearwing Moth -- Hemaris diffinis
B.P.
… Bob Patterson, 22 July, 2007 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

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