CLOSED: Some sort of bee?

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tomysgma Parkville, MD Jul 18, 2008

Saw this first on my butterfly bush before it moved on to the rose campion flowers. Looks like a type of bee, but has a fan shaped dark "tail" and long dark antenni. Anyone know what it is?

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jul 18, 2008

This is a clear-winged sphinx moth (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae); likely in the genus Hemaris - see http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/hthysbe.htm for an example. Some sphinx moths also may be called hummingbird moths because of their habit of hovering at flowers while sipping nectar.

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tomysgma Parkville, MD Jul 18, 2008

Thanks Suunto, that sure appears to be it!

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