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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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Hummingbird or Snowberry Clearwing Moth? - Hemaris diffinis
Copyright © 2009 JoLynn Self

Hummingbird or Snowberry Clearwing Moth? - Hemaris diffinis
Choctaw County, Oklahoma, USA
September 16, 2006
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Contributed by JoLynn Self on 19 October, 2009 - 2:23pm
Last updated 22 October, 2009 - 7:55pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 22 October, 2009 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

Snowberry
Newly emerged judging by the amount of scaling still present in areas that are clear after first flight.
… Harry Zirlin, 19 October, 2009 - 3:26pm login or register to post comments

 
clearwings
I just got to see a hermaris diffinis' emerge and its first flight two hours later, and I can tell you, they loose scales on their first flight. When it took off it looked like a fine dust ball, and when it landed a nano second later the scales were gone. One wonders why they have scales at all?
… Louise Dawson, 19 July, 2018 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Agreed
This is a Snowberry Clearwing.
… roar, 19 October, 2009 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

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