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Hemaris thysbe, the hummingbird clearwing, is a moth of the family Sphingidae (hawkmoths). Coloration varies between individuals, but typically the moth is olive green and burgundy on its back, and white or yellow and burgundy on the underside. Its wings are transparent with a reddish-brown border.
The related Old World hummingbird hawk-moths, genus Macroglossum, are similar in appearance and habits. Both genera have tails that are provided with an expansile truncated tuft of hairs, [ 2 ] but only Hemaris has the disc of the wings transparent, as these scales are dropped soon after eclosion .
Hemaris diffinis, the snowberry clearwing, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. This moth is sometimes called "hummingbird moth" or "flying lobster". This moth is sometimes called "hummingbird moth" or "flying lobster".
Snowberry clearwing Hemaris: Sphingidae 1836 Hemaris gracilis [4] (Status: Special concern) Slender clearwing Graceful clearwing Hemaris: Sphingidae 1865 Hemaris thysbe [27] Hummingbird clearwing Hemaris: Sphingidae 1775 Hemileuca maia [4] (Status: Special concern) Buck moth Hemileuca: Saturniidae 1773 Heterocampa guttivitta [17] Saddled ...
A hummingbird swing is nothing more than a perch that is hung near a food source to attract hummingbirds to the area. Swings are attractive to hummingbirds, because it serves as an area for them ...
7853 – Hemaris thysbe, hummingbird clearwing moth; 7854 – Hemaris gracilis, slender clearwing moth; 7855 B – Hemaris diffinis, snowberry clearwing moth; 7855.1 W – Hemaris thetis; 7856 W – Hemaris senta; 7857 – Eumorpha anchemolus; 7858 – Eumorpha satellitia, satellite sphinx moth; 7859 – Eumorpha pandorus, Pandorus sphinx moth
The plant serves as a larval host for the snowberry clearwing (Hemaris diffinis), [10] which is a pollinator that resembles a small hummingbird. [11] It is also a host plant for the dogbane tiger moth (Cycnia tenera) and the zebra caterpillar (Melanchra picta).
Hemaris gracilis, the slender clearwing [2] or graceful clearwing, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1865.