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Hummingbird Clearwing - Hemaris thysbe
Copyright © 2005 Kyle Pias

Hummingbird Clearwing - Hemaris thysbe
Weare, New Hampshire, USA
August 21, 2005
Im prety sure this is a snowberry clearwing moth, but someone please correct me if im wrong. This specimen was very cooperative and stayed around this bush for close to ten minutes. Im adding this because I didnt see any records as far north in the guide and thought it should be documented.

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Contributed by Kyle Pias on 26 August, 2005 - 9:02pm
Last updated 3 September, 2005 - 11:27am

We're thinking H.thysbe
The scaled area on the wings is very broad and the inner edge of the scaled area is jagged; seems like a perfect definition of the Hummingbird Clearwing, H.thysbe. The Snowberry Clearwing should have a much reduced scaled area on the wings. We suggest moving these four images to H.thysbe.
… john and jane balaban, 3 September, 2005 - 10:56am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
a lot for the info. I was kind of unclear for what to look for for ID, and just thought the coloring more closely matched the snowberry. Thanks again
… Kyle Pias, 3 September, 2005 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

 
Hemaris
From the reading we've been doing, it seems the Snowberry tends to have less scaled color in the wings overall and on the forward edge of the forewing near its base, there will be a very elongated open cell visible. The other thing we noticed, which may not be diagnostic, is that Snowberry seems to have a black line running through its eye and down along the thorax when viewed from the side.
… john and jane balaban, 3 September, 2005 - 11:30am login or register to post comments

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