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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Bombycoidea » Sphinx Moths (Sphingidae) » Macroglossinae » Dilophonotini » Hemaris
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Clear-wing Moth? - Hemaris
Copyright © 2009 LynnWatson

Clear-wing Moth? - Hemaris
Just off Figueroa Moutain Road, Ranger Peak, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
May 10, 2009
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Contributed by LynnWatson on 10 May, 2009 - 10:12pm
Last updated 19 October, 2009 - 11:26pm

Moved
Moved from Sphinx Moths.
… J.D. Roberts, 19 October, 2009 - 11:26pm login or register to post comments

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This is the "snowberry clearwing," Hemaris diffinis, a type of sphinx moth that mimics bumble bees. This is a pretty worn specimen, too, with lots of scales rubbed off the body.
… Eric R. Eaton, 11 May, 2009 - 9:03am login or register to post comments

 
Snowberry clearwing
Thanks! - the only one of this specimen I have seen.
… LynnWatson, 11 May, 2009 - 9:32am login or register to post comments

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