Hummingbird Clearwing Moth photographed on Smooth Phlox, Phlox glaberrima interior in Waukesha Wisconsin. Photographs were taken on July 25, 2014.
Name: Hummingbird Clearwing Moth, Hemaris thysbe
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.
Falling nectar!
