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Snowberry clearwing moth
Hemaris diffinis
38.2387, -81.9893
Field Notes
Description:
The Snowberry Clearwing Moth is a small hummingbird moth which more closely mimics a large bumblebee rather than a hummingbird.The wings are basically clear, with dark brown to brownish-orange veins, bases and edges. The thorax is golden-brown to dark greenish-brown. The abdomen tends to be dark (black) with 1-2 yellow segments just before the terminal end. These yellow segments are in much sharper contrast to the rest of the abdomen than in somewhat similar species.
Habitat:
Edges, fields with flowers. Adults feed actively on flower nectar during the day while hovering at blossoms
Notes:
Adults fly from March to September (two broods) in the south; shorter season in the north.
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