Orange Co., NC
12 Sep 2007
by Jeffrey S. Pippen | Back to Jeff's Moths Page | Jeff's Nature Pages
Often mistaken as small hummingbirds or large bumblebees, these moths fly during the day and hover at flowers while sipping nectar. Note, the distinctive antennae, which distinguish them from hummingbirds! There are 3 species of Hemarisin North Carolina. Snowberry Clearwings are in the family Sphingidae. |
Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris diffinis) Orange Co., NC 12 Sep 2007 |
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Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris diffinis) Orange Co., NC 12 Sep 2007 |
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Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.
Created on ... Sep 8, 2006 | jspippen@duke.edu