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Photo by BrianDrourr
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Species ID Suggestions

Cephonodes kingii

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RamonPinyolSalvadó
2

Hummingbird Clearwing Moth

Hemaris thysbe

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ceherzog
4

Comments (8)
BrianDrourr
Thanks all for the photo compliments and for all your help with IDing the critters!
Dan Doucette
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephonodes_kingii
Dan Doucette
I think ceherzog is right on with this one. The other suggestion is close but that moth is found in Australia, this is in the US.
ceherzog
Actually, now that I look at the Cephonodes...I think that is the correct ID. I just don't know if it occurs in Vermont.
InannaBintAli
Looks like a sphinx moth to me, too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphingidae
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PublishedAugust 1, 2011

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