Beautiful visitors to my native beebalm in July 2024. Snowberry clearwing hummingbird moth #hemarisdiffinis & a fritillary #Argynnis, possibly aphrodite.
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Snowberry Clearwing Caterpillar (Hemaris diffinis, aka Hummingbird Moth) feeding off of a leaf of its host plant, Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) SnowberryClearwingCaterpillar CoralHoneysuckle LoniceraSempervirens nativeplants wildlifegarden #bugsky inverts invertebrates
Snowberry Clearwing Caterpillar (Hemaris diffinis, aka Hummingbird Moth) feeding on host plant, Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) #hemarisdiffinis
A hummingbird moth visiting a pink zinnia flower. Backdropped by green vegetation and a horizontal cow panel used as a trellis. pollinators hummingbirdmoth pollinatorgarden bloomscrolling garden invertebrates
Snowberry Clearwing Hummingbird Moth. How to support them? Plant nectar flowers. Plant their larval host plants such as Snowberry (Symphoricarpos), honeysuckle (Lonicera), and dogbane (Apocynum). #hemarisdiffinis #bugsky
snowberry clearwing moth, Hemaris diffinus on beebalm, Monarda fistulosa.
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Two hummingbird moths mating. Both are anchored on a zinnia stem. One is facing up and the other is facing down. They are connected at their ends. pollinators invertebrates wildlifegarden pollinatorgarden snowberryclearwing hummingbirdmoth
Hummingbird moths making more hummingbird moths! These are Snowberry Clearwings.
Larvae host plants that support them include dogbane (Apocynum), honeysuckle (Lonicera), Viburnums, Amsonia to name a few. #hemarisdiffinis #bugsky
Snowberry clearwing moth nectaring on Wild basil.
This Snowberry clearwing moth #hemarisdiffinis was moving too fast for my camera, but it was just one of the many kinds of pollinators on the native Wild basil #clinopodiumvulgare this morning.
Ever seen a flying shrimp? I'm so excited. I planted a coral honeysuckle late last summer... and that is a host plant for snowberry clearwing hummingbird moths!! 🌱🌸
When I lived in Kentucky, I had dozens and dozens all over the huge vines.
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