Snowberry Clearwing

Hemaris diffinis butterfly / moth

Black-and-yellow day-flying moth. Caterpillars feed on snowberry and honeysuckle.

22 documented plant relationships, 2 of them as a specialist with no alternative.

sips nectar at

Early Yellow OxytropisOxytropis sericeawildflower · May-JuneEvening PrimroseOenothera bienniswildflower · July–SeptemberGiant HyssopAgastache foeniculumwildflower · July–SeptemberGround PlumAstragalus crassicarpuswildflower · May-JuneHarebellCampanula rotundifoliawildflower · July-AugustJoe-Pye WeedEutrochium maculatumwildflower · July–SeptemberNorthern HedysarumHedysarum borealewildflower · Jun-JulSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustShrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosashrub · June–SeptemberSilverberryElaeagnus commutatashrub · JuneSpreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifoliumwildflower · June–AugustSquare-stem MonkeyflowerMimulus ringenswildflower · July-AugustTwinflowerLinnaea borealisgroundcover · June–JulyTwining Honeysuckle (Limber Honeysuckle)Lonicera dioicavine · June–JulyWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–July

lays eggs on

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

gathers pollen at

Marsh AsterSymphyotrichum borealewildflower · July-SeptemberPurple-stemmed Tall Aster (Swamp Aster)Symphyotrichum puniceumwildflower · August–September