LIcenter
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Location: Long Island, NY Zone 7a/6b-ish

My first clearwing photo!

I've been trying for two years to get a photo of these cuties. Yesterday all the planets aligned!

Hemaris deffinis
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applestar
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Location: Zone 6, NJ (3/M)4/E ~ 10/M(11/B)

I know they are fast in flight and constantly moving. Fantastic photos, @LIcenter Image

LIcenter
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Thanks applestar. Off topic, but hows your Joe Pye weed doing this year? Mine is now roughly nine feet tall.

ButterflyLady29
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Butterfly bushes bring them in every time. I've seen them in monarda too.

Beautiful shot! Those moths require patience. You move and they flit around to the other side of the bush. You did good!

LIcenter
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Thanks BL29.



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