Pellucid hawkmoth
The pellucid hawkmoth has see-through wings and a fat, fuzzy body, so it looks a lot like a bumblebee. Its body can be yellow or green. It is a moth that pretends to be a bee.
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Fun facts
Its wings are clear like glass, with only a thin black edge.
Its caterpillar can be green with a blue stripe, or almost smoky black.
The caterpillar has a little horn at the back of its body.
Its caterpillars move slowly, but they never stop eating.
Most asked questions about Pellucid hawkmoth
?Can the pellucid hawkmoth sting?
No. It only looks like a bumblebee. It is a harmless moth.
?Why does it look like a bee?
Its clear wings and fuzzy body make it look like a bumblebee, which may help keep hungry birds away.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Cephonodes hylas
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1771
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Sphingidae
- Lives on
- Africa, Asia, Australia and Oceania
- Also known as
- Coffee bee hawkmoth, Coffee clearwing
Where the facts come from
- Cephonodes hylas (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Alpsdake. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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