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Beeterfly - Hemaris thetis
Copyright © 2009 Molly Foster

Beeterfly - Hemaris thetis
Pollock Pines, El Dorado County, California, USA
July 26, 2009
Size: approx. 1.25 inches
Thought this was some sort of bee from a distance but when I got closer it looked as if it was a type of skipper.
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Contributed by Molly Foster on 26 July, 2009 - 8:42am
Last updated 26 July, 2009 - 8:09pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John R. Maxwell, 26 July, 2009 - 8:09pm login or register to post comments

7855.1 - Hemaris thetis (Boisduval, 1855) as of this week....
... all 7855 - Hemaris diffinis at BugGuide from west of the Continental Divide, should be moved to this newly elevated species. In some places just East of the Divide (Colorado, Alberta) overlap of ranges is known and specific identity becomes problematical when based on photographs.

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 63(2), 2009, 100-109. Hemaris thetis (Boisduval, 1855) (Sphingidae) is a Distict Species. by B. Christian Schmidt. [study based on DNA and genitalia]

The species 7855.1 - Hemaris thetis also includes (subsumes) the species previously recognized as 7856 - Hemaris senta.
… Bob Patterson, 26 July, 2009 - 6:51pm login or register to post comments

Beeterfly - love it!
My daughter calls them hummingbugs.
… Ron Hemberger, 26 July, 2009 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

Snowberry Clearwing
Hemaris diffinis
… Roar, 26 July, 2009 - 9:12am login or register to post comments

Looks like
a moth in Hemaris
http://bugguide.net/node/view/2637/bgpage
… John R. Maxwell, 26 July, 2009 - 8:52am login or register to post comments

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