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Hemaris diffinis (Boisduval, 1836) - snowberry clearwing moth in Ohio, USA. (photo by Mary Ellen St. John)

This looks like a bumblebee, but it is not. This is a moth species that has evolved into a bumblebee mimic.

The flowers are petunias, a group of about three dozen species of flowering plants that are native to South America. Some species have been extensively cultivated and hybridized for use as ornamental flowers.

Classification of moth: Animalia, Arthropoda, Hexapoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Sphingidae

Classification of flower: Plantae, Angiospermophyta, Solanales, Solanaceae

Locality: western side of Newark, central Licking County, central Ohio, USA

See info. at: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemaris_diffinis" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemaris_diffinis</a> and

<a href="http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Hemaris-diffinis" rel="nofollow">www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Hemaris-diffinis</a>
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Author James St. John

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