Hummingbird clearwing moth
Hemaris thysbe
The hummingbird clearwing is a day-flying sphinx moth whose adults hover at flowers and feed through a long proboscis, mimicking a hummingbird; the wings carry clear, scale-free patches. Females lay eggs on woody hosts in the honeysuckle, viburnum, hawthorn, and cherry/plum groups, and the green larvae feed on the foliage before pupating in a cocoon at the soil surface. Gardeners who grow both larval host shrubs and deep tubular nectar flowers can support the moth's full life cycle.