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<\/a>Snowberry Clearwing Moth on Glossy Abelia<\/em> | \u00a92015 David Allio <\/p>\n At first glance, this Snowberry Clearwing Moth Hemaris diffinis<\/em> appears to be a bumble bee mimicking a hummingbird gathering nectar from a Glossy Abelia Abelia \u00d7 grandiflora<\/em> in Alleghany County Virginia.<\/p>\n Sphingidae Hemaris diffinis Snowberry Clearwing Moth Caprifoliaceae Abelia \u00d7 grandiflora Glossy Abelia photography by David Allio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[865,866,868,869,867],"tags":[773,909,460,288,386,250,914,771],"class_list":["post-2894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abelia-x-grandiflora","category-glossy-abelia","category-hemaris-diffinis","category-snowberry-clearwing-moth","category-sphingidae-hawk-moths-sphinx-moths-hornworms","tag-butterfly-photography","tag-photography-exposure-data","tag-flower-photography","tag-nature-photography","tag-nikon-usa","tag-photo-mechanic","tag-va-virginia","tag-wildlife-photography"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p21yji-KG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2894"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2939,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894\/revisions\/2939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/center>camera: Nikon D3<\/b> | lens: AF Nikkor VR Zoom 70-200mm f\/2.8G IF-ED<\/b>
focal length: 200mm | exposure: f\/4 – 1\/8000th – ISO 500<\/small>
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<\/center>References: "Moth Photographers Group \u2013 Hemaris diffinis \u2013 7855." Moth Photographers Group \u2013 Digital Guide to Moth Identification<\/em>. North American Moth Photographers Group at the Mississippi Entomological Museum at Mississippi State University, Web. 29 July 2015. https:\/\/mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu\/species.php?hodges=7855<\/a>.
\nUSDA.gov. PLANTS Database<\/em>, Web. 29 July 2015. plants.usda.gov<\/a>.<\/small>
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