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I was looking down from my deck today and spotted an impressive
day-flying moth feeding in the cotoneaster flowers. It was behaving like
a bumblebee or hummingbird, I assumed Sphinx moth and zeroed in on
Hemaris diffinis. It never stopped moving, so there was no chance for a
photo, but it had a couple of closely spaced yellow bands across the
tail, which were very obvious from a distance. The body was relatively
dark, but not black. H. diffinis is not listed on the Butterflies and
Moths of NA site for Nova Scotia, but H. thysbe is. Judging from
pictures on the web, the moth Iobserved was not the latter.
Any ideas?
We do have one familiar moth lodging here on the N. Mountain tonight --
a Luna, which is the second one I've seen here this week (the first was
in impeccable shape; this one is definitely worn).
Cheers,
Doug Linzey
Arlington, NS
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<font face="Comic Sans MS">I was looking down from my deck today and
spotted an impressi<font face="Comic Sans MS">ve day-flying moth
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