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Hummingbird Clearwing Moth (Hemaris thysbe) by tombarry975, on Flickr
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14th March 2016, 07:15 PM #1
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Hummingbird Clearwing Moth (Hemaris thysbe)
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14th March 2016, 07:33 PM #2
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Re: Hummingbird Clearwing Moth (Hemaris thysbe)
Nice capture. Having the bee in the same frame gives a good sense of scale. It's a big rascal. Why is it called clearwing?
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14th March 2016, 08:03 PM #3
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Re: Hummingbird Clearwing Moth (Hemaris thysbe)
I've just learned that this moth is not the Clearwing, but Amphion floridensis, which it resembles.
Originally Posted by NorthernFocus
Last edited by Tom Barry; 14th March 2016 at 10:01 PM.
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14th March 2016, 08:24 PM #4
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Re: Hummingbird Clearwing Moth (Hemaris thysbe)
Nice effort.
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14th March 2016, 09:57 PM #5
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Re: Hummingbird Clearwing Moth (Hemaris thysbe)
Nicely done Tom.
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15th March 2016, 05:07 AM #6
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Re: Hummingbird Clearwing Moth (Hemaris thysbe)
That is very nice indeed
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15th March 2016, 07:11 AM #7
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Re: Hummingbird Clearwing Moth (Hemaris thysbe)
Nicely seen Tom. The scene is very nice though a bit busy. If not for the different colouring of the bees the two would have been lost.
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