Hummingbird Clearwing Moth

Hemaris thysbe butterfly / moth

Hovers like a hummingbird at flowers. Caterpillars feed on honeysuckle and snowberry.

19 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

BearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursigroundcover · May–JuneChokecherryPrunus virginianashrub · May–JuneFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustGiant HyssopAgastache foeniculumwildflower · July–SeptemberGreen MilkweedAsclepias ovalifoliawildflower · June-JulyHarebellCampanula rotundifoliawildflower · July-AugustJoe-Pye WeedEutrochium maculatumwildflower · July–SeptemberPrairie ThistleCirsium flodmaniiwildflower · June-AugustSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustShowy Jacob's-ladderPolemonium pulcherrimumwildflower · May-JulSpreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifoliumwildflower · June–AugustSquare-stem MonkeyflowerMimulus ringenswildflower · July-AugustTall Lungwort (Blue Bells)Mertensia paniculatawildflower · June–JulyWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–July

lays eggs on

Bracted HoneysuckleLonicera involucratashrub · June–JulyCommon SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusshrub · June–JulyTwining Honeysuckle (Limber Honeysuckle)Lonicera dioicavine · June–JulyWestern SnowberrySymphoricarpos occidentalisshrub · June–July