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Clearwing Wasp Mimic: Virginia Creeper Clearwing

Posted by July 10th, 2007 at 12:00 am

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What type of insect
Do you now what type of insect this is.
Daniel

sesiid daniel Clearwing Wasp Mimic: Virginia Creeper Clearwing

Hi Daniel,
This is a Wasp Mimic Moth in the family Sesiidae, but we cannot tell the species.

Ed. Note:
January 17, 2009
Thanks to taftw who just posted a comment, we now know that this is Albuna fraxini, the Virginia Creeper Clearwing.  The species is well represented on BugGuide.

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  1. taftw wrote:

    This is Albuna fraxini. The larvae feed on Virginia creeper.

    Posted 17 Jan 2010 at 9:05 am

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