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Jul 10, 2012 12:44 |  #1

I spotted this bee in our yard and it looks nothing like the standard bumble bees that we usually have. Although it is roughly the same size as our large bumble bees that we see here, the body appears elongated. Hoping somebody on here can I.D. it.

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Jul 10, 2012 14:06 |  #2

might be a golden northern bumble bee




  
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Jul 10, 2012 14:09 |  #3

Didn't really look like a bee to mee, especially the wings and body shape.

After a little research I found it was a hummingbird moth, probably a snowberry clearwing (hemaris diffinis)

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Jul 10, 2012 14:11 as a reply to  @ rick_reno's post |  #4

Pretty sure it's a moth


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Jul 10, 2012 20:33 |  #5

Yep, they're commonly called hummingbird moths, for obvious reasons! There are several species in NH and the northeast, where they're also known as hawk moths and clearwing moths, as Strike mentioned above. They're regular visitors lately to my butterfly bush in Virginia. Nice picture of a neat insect.


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