A snowberry clearwing, also known as the hummingbird moth or flying lobster, visits bull thistle growing along the Anacostia River on Kingman Island in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 15, 2019. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Larry, great questions! Snowberry clearwings (or Hummingbird Moth) only live a few months and some live only a few weeks. They tend to be resident species though some migrate.
How long of a life span ? Do they migrate?
I have a pic of one in NW Kansas
Hi Dylan: great article! We live on the Bay in Machipongo, VA, and have been changing the grass yard to flower beds. After 5 years we now have a pair of Snowberry Clearwing hummingbird moths enjoying the nectar from the bee balm and butterfly bushes, I’m hoping they will lay eggs on the honeysuckle vine so we have more next year. It’s been a lot of hard work to add native flowering plants from the grass only landscape we came to, but it seems to be paying off, American Goldfinchs arrived this year too.
Thank you!
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Larry, great questions! Snowberry clearwings (or Hummingbird Moth) only live a few months and some live only a few weeks. They tend to be resident species though some migrate.
How long of a life span ? Do they migrate?
I have a pic of one in NW Kansas
Hi Dylan: great article! We live on the Bay in Machipongo, VA, and have been changing the grass yard to flower beds. After 5 years we now have a pair of Snowberry Clearwing hummingbird moths enjoying the nectar from the bee balm and butterfly bushes, I’m hoping they will lay eggs on the honeysuckle vine so we have more next year. It’s been a lot of hard work to add native flowering plants from the grass only landscape we came to, but it seems to be paying off, American Goldfinchs arrived this year too.
Thank you!
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