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Field Notes

Description:

Green, fuzzy head, antennae, striped back, wings same size as body.

Notes:

Found in a flowering lantana at Home Depot. My husband thought it was a baby humming bird.

Species ID Suggestions

Hummingbird Clearwing

Hemaris thysbe

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Dan Doucette
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Comments (2)
TKBotting
It's a moth... In my range we often call similar moths 'hummingbird moths'. I think they look a bit like a cross between a lobster and an hummingbird.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2012

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