Last week I posted a video and photos of the beautiful Hummingbird Clearwing Moth. Several comments led me to believe that people are confusing Clearwing Moth caterpillars with the caterpillars that may be eating your tomato plants.

Tomato Hornworm caterpillars, the ones that eat tomatoes, look like this –Image courtesy wiki commons media

The adults look like this –

Manduca quinquemaculata MHNT CUT 2010 0 116 Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill Co. Penna male dorsal Image courtesy wikicommons media

Hummingbird Clearwing Moth (Hemaris thysbe) caterpillars look like this –

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The adults like this –

 

This morning when I arrived home from filming I was fortunate to get a brief glimpse of the Bumblebee Moth, also known as the Snowberry Clearwing Moth (Hemaris diffinis).

Bumblebee Moths are named as such because their colors resemble a bumblebee –

 

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