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The snowberry clearwing, Hemaris diffinis, is a day-flying sphinx moth native to North America. Its largely transparent wings, stout yellow-and-black body, and hovering flight resemble a bumblebee, an example of protective mimicry; adults feed at flowers with a long proboscis. The caterpillars feed...

The Six-belted Clearwing (Bembecia ichneumoniformis) is a diurnal moth belonging to the Sesiidae family, notable for its remarkable wasp-mimicking appearance with transparent wings and distinctive yellow abdominal bands. These moths are found across Europe, particularly in southern England, where th...

The Hornet Moth (Sesia apiformis) is a species of clearwing moth belonging to the family Sesiidae, native to Europe and the Palearctic realm. It is a textbook example of Batesian mimicry, having evolved physical characteristics and behaviors that closely resemble those of stinging hornets to deter p...

The Lunar Hornet Moth is a species of clearwing moth belonging to the family Sesiidae, native to Europe and parts of the Palearctic. As a Batesian mimic, the adult moth closely resembles a hornet in both coloration and flight behavior to deter predators, though it is entirely harmless. The insect is...

The currant clearwing moth (Synanthedon tipuliformis) is a species of lepidopteran native to Europe but widely introduced elsewhere, recognized as a significant agricultural pest. It belongs to the Sesiidae family and exhibits clear wings with dark margins, utilizing Batesian mimicry to resemble was...

The Oriental Bee Hawk-moth (Cephonodes hylas) is a diurnal insect belonging to the family Sphingidae, with a geographic range spanning across Asia, Australia, and parts of Africa. It is notable for its transparent wings, which result from the loss of scales, and its distinct bumblebee mimicry. The m...

The Raspberry clearwing moth (Synanthedon culiciformis) is a member of the Sesiidae family known for its striking wasp-like mimicry and transparent wings. This mimicry extends beyond appearance to behavior, as these day-flying moths move and position themselves similar to wasps to deter predators. T...

The Slender Clearwing is a North American moth in the hawk moth family, Sphingidae, scientifically known as Hemaris gracilis. Like other clearwing moths, it loses many wing scales after emerging, leaving broad transparent areas, and it flies during daylight while hovering at flowers to drink nectar....

The graceful clearwing, Hemaris gracilis, is a North American moth in the hawk moth family, Sphingidae. Like other clearwing moths in its genus, it loses many wing scales after emerging, leaving broad transparent areas, and flies during daylight while feeding from flowers with a long proboscis. Its...

The Douglas fir pitch moth is a North American clearwing moth associated with conifer trees. Its larvae bore into the bark and tissues of host trees, where their feeding produces pitch and other visible damage. The species is significant in forestry because infestations can affect Douglas fir and ot...

The Currant Clearwing (Synanthedon tipuliformis) is a sesiide moth whose transparent wings and dark, slender body give it the clearwing appearance. Its larvae feed internally in the shoots of currant bushes and other Ribes plants, including redcurrant, blackcurrant, whitecurrant, and some gooseberry...

The peachtree borer is a clearwing moth, Synanthedon exitiosa, native to North America and an important pest of peach, plum, cherry, and related stone-fruit trees. The adult moth resembles a wasp, while the larvae tunnel beneath the bark and into the lower trunk and roots. Their feeding can weaken o...

The western poplar clearwing is the moth Paranthrene robiniae, a clearwing moth found in warm, low-elevation areas of western North America. Its larvae bore into the wood of poplar and willow and can also use birch, making the species a pest of stressed trees in nurseries and landscapes. Adults mimi...

Maple callus borer moth (Synanthedon acerni) is a North American clearwing moth in the family Sesiidae. Its larvae feed beneath the bark of maple trees, especially in the soft callus tissue that forms around wounds, and may bore through this tissue before pupating. The adult is a day-flying wasp-mim...

Dogwood borer moth is the common name for Synanthedon scitula, a clearwing moth native to eastern North America. Adults have transparent wings and a dark, yellow-marked body that resembles a small wasp, while the larvae tunnel beneath the bark and feed in trunks or branches. The species damages flow...

The lilac borer moth, Podosesia syringae, is a clearwing moth in the family Sesiidae native to much of North America. Thaddeus William Harris described the species in 1839. Adults resemble wasps, while the larvae bore into the bark, limbs, and trunks of lilac and ash and may also use privet and frin...

The raspberry crown borer, Pennisetia marginata, is a clearwing moth in the family Sesiidae and a pest of raspberry, blackberry, dewberry and related Rubus plants. Thaddeus William Harris described the species in 1841. Its larvae develop over a two-year life cycle and tunnel through the plant crown...

The lesser peachtree borer moth, Synanthedon pictipes, is a North American clearwing moth in the family Sesiidae. Adults resemble small wasps and have dark blue-black bodies with pale yellow abdominal bands and partly transparent wings. Its larvae feed beneath the bark of peach, nectarine, plum, che...

The peachtree borer moth, Synanthedon exitiosa, is a clearwing moth in the family Sesiidae and a native pest of Prunus trees in North America. Its wasp-mimicking adults are day-flying, while the larvae feed beneath the bark near the root crown and lower trunk of peach, nectarine, apricot, cherry, an...

The squash vine borer (Melittia cucurbitae) is a clearwing moth in the family Sesiidae, described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1828. Unlike most moths it flies by day and resembles a wasp, with dark wings and a red-orange body. Its larvae tunnel into the stems of squash, pumpkin, and related cucurb...