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Fletcher Wildlife Garden | all galleries >> Moths (Lepidoptera) of the FWG (18 Galleries) >> Sphinx Moths (Family: Sphingidae) 7787 to 7885 > Snowberry clearwing (Hemaris diffinis), #7855, feeding on spreading dogbane
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10-JUL-2012 France Thibodeau

Snowberry clearwing (Hemaris diffinis), #7855, feeding on spreading dogbane

FWG

Another fine shot by France, of this lovely moth. These moths, both this one and Hemaris thysbe (the one typically referred to as a hummingbird moth), are confusingly also referred to as clearwing moths, or hummingbird clearwing moths. But clearwing moths are a very different thing, and are in the family Sesiidae, while these guys are in the Sphinx Moth family (Sphingidae).

FujiFilm FinePix HS10
1/450s f/5.0 at 77.7mm iso100 full exif

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