Hummingbird Clearwing Moth on Smooth Phlox, July 25, 2014

Hummingbird Clearwing Moth photographed on Smooth Phlox, Phlox glaberrima interior in Waukesha Wisconsin. Photographs were taken on July 25, 2014.

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Name: Hummingbird Clearwing Moth, Hemaris thysbe

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The yellow coated proboscis (needle-like mouth part), remains coiled up until it is needed. It is yellow in color from all the nectar from inside the blooms.

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Falling nectar!

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