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Copyright © 2007 Miles Carver

More Info - Hemaris diffinis
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
August 12, 2007
Size: 1 1/2 Inches
I beleive this is a Snowberry Clearwing moth, from the descriptions on this site. I took these images in my cousins garden, about 10am in the morning. It was very hot, 90+ degress, and very sunny. There were maybe a dozen of these taking nectar from a bush. They were very active.

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Contributed by Miles Carver on 13 August, 2007 - 10:08am
Last updated 22 August, 2007 - 2:09pm

Agree.
Yes, Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris diffinis)#7855
… Bob Moul, 13 August, 2007 - 12:54pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thank You
… Miles Carver, 13 August, 2007 - 1:14pm login or register to post comments

Isn't this a hawk moth?
You have such great pictures of this guy! What camera were you using?
… Donna Hollinger , 13 August, 2007 - 10:55am login or register to post comments

 
Hawk moth
Donna,

I was told this is a Hawk moth: http://bugguide.net/node/view/10732

I shot this one at a Butterfly garden, in SD.

Miles
… Miles Carver, 13 August, 2007 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Camera
I shot these with my canon 20D. I was using a Tarmon 28mm - 300mm f3.5. These were taken hand held. I shot about 50 - 60 images, and got 10-15 really decent ones. These were all over my cousins yard, so i had plenty of opportunities to shoot.

These images were shot at 1/640 sec, f/10.0, 800 ISO

A few more images can be found on my page here:
http://www.pbase.com/cathboy/butterflies__moths&page=all

Miles
… Miles Carver, 13 August, 2007 - 1:14pm login or register to post comments

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