#3121 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Snowberry Clearwing

Hemaris diffinis

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © tex-anne · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Rob Van Epps · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Marvin Smith · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Craig K. Hunt · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Tiana Cabana · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Woburn, MA, USA:© Daniel Onea · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Croton-On-Hudson, NY 10520, USA:© karalyn · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Adamant, Calais, VT, USA:© emendela · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States:© Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Hemaris diffinis , the snowberry clearwing , is a moth of the order Lepidoptera, family Sphingidae. This moth is sometimes called "hummingbird moth" or "flying lobster". This moth should not be confused with the hummingbird hawk-moth of Europe.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 36,943iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
36,943 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836 (190 years ago).