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Transparent Wings This little creature was amazing. See through wings! Beautiful but hard to capture with a camera. Need to know what it is. Photo taken in Cornish, New Hampshire (USA) Sesiidae,Synanthedon pictipes,Transparent Wings Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Transparent Wings

This little creature was amazing. See through wings! Beautiful but hard to capture with a camera. Need to know what it is. Photo taken in Cornish, New Hampshire (USA)

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    Ferdy Christant
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    I have seen such species before, but I just can't recall where or what their name is. Posted 11 years ago

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The Synanthedon pictipes

The Lesser Peachtree Borer is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from the eastern half of Canada and the United States westward to Minnesota in the north and eastern Texas in the south.


The wingspan is 18-25 mm. Adults are black with a metallic sheen and whitish yellowish markings on the head and thorax and a narrow band on the abdomen. The wings are transparent. Males and females are similar, but males are more slender and have a finely tufted antenna. Adults emerge over.. more

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by WildFlower
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Uploaded Aug 4, 2014. Captured Jul 29, 2014 15:57.
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  • Canon EOS 20D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/500s
  • ISO100
  • 135mm