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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Sphinx Moths (Sphingidae) » Macroglossinae » Dilophonotini » Hemaris » Snowberry Clearwing - Hodges#7855 (Hemaris diffinis)
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Clearwing hummingbird moth - Hemaris diffinis
Copyright © 2005 Duncan C

Clearwing hummingbird moth - Hemaris diffinis
Great Falls, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
July 26, 2004
Size: approx. 2" head to tail
One of several shots of the same individual that I took.

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Clearwing hummingbird moth - Hemaris diffinis Clearwing hummingbird moth - Hemaris diffinis Snowberry Clearwing Moth - Hemaris diffinis
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Contributed by Duncan C on 23 May, 2005 - 9:21pm
Last updated 30 May, 2005 - 2:26pm

Hemaris diffinis
Based on dark upper surfaces of legs and other characters mentioned, I believe it is H.diffinis. I would like permission to use it with credit to you on a thumbnail pictoral checklist I am creating for Fairfax County Sphingidae.
See Hemaris comparisons on the page I recently completed for Frederick
County, VA, at http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/vaFredericksph.htm
Bill Oehlke
… Bill Oehlke, 9 October, 2005 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Using my image
You can indeed have permission to use my image, as long as you include a copyright notice "© 2004 Duncan Champney. All rights reserved." Send me an email to DuncanC@no_spam, and replace no_spam with "aol.com" and we can arrainge for a release. Note that I'm not sure the example image you have on your site (@http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/diffinisjbt.jpg) IS an H. Diffinis. I learned on this site that of the main characteristics that differentiate this species from other, similar species is a clear discal cell. See the other images of this individual linked here for a discsussion and clear example of the clear discal cell.

Duncan C
… Duncan C, 10 October, 2005 - 8:47am login or register to post comments

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