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Hummingbird Moths - Snowberry Clearwing Hummingbird Moths - Sphingidae: Hemaris diffinis. |
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Snowberry Clearwing Hummingbird MothsRETURN TO HUMMINGBIRD MOTHS |
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Size: 1.25" - 2.0" |
I have used a digital camera to photograph the whole life cycle of the moth in this photo.
The eggs were deposited on a coral honeysuckle leaf in May and this very moth (shown above and below) emerged from its pupa in July.
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Life cycle Journal of Snowberry Clearwing Moth from Central Texas Location | |
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May 16 - Female deposited these eggs on the coral honeysuckle leaves. I've seen them depositing eggs April - August but the season could be longer in our warm climate. |
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May 22 - First eggs hatched this morning. They are so small I can't get the point-and-shoot camera to focus on them. |
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May 26 - Now four days old. Much more detail is visible including nine spots down the side, a raised yellow anterior rim at the head. Without the magic of macro photography, the rear horn looks like a tiny black hair on the caterpillar. These caterpillars are still smaller than a baking "cookie sprinkle" or icing sprinkle. |
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FUN SEARCH: Click here to search for the five young caterpillars on the leaves. | |
![]() June 2 | |
![]() June 8 | |
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Here is a good view of the underside of the caterpillar only a few days before it buried itself. |
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First Snowberry Clearwing moth pupa. |
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Two moths emerged on the morning of July 2. |
Concerned that these caterpillars are destroying your garden? Remove them and rear them away from your garden as I did. (See bottom of main Hummingbird Moths page.)


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