clearwing in English

noun
1
a day-flying moth that has narrow mainly transparent wings and mimics a wasp or bee in appearance.
Honeybees (the few that have so far escaped the Varroa mites), bumblebees, various flies and beetles, and the hummingbird clearwing (a moth that thinks it's a hummingbird) frequent milkweeds too.

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1. Clearwing Borers are the larvae or caterpillars of clearwing moths

2. One common type is the clearwing Borer

3. Clearwing Borers Several species of Borers attack landscape trees

4. Borers of shrubs may be either clearwing Borers or beetles

5. The Greater Peachtree Borer is also known as the Clearwing Peachtree Borer

6. The larvae of clearwing Borers push frass out of tunnels via holes.

7. The squash vine Borer is a common clearwing moth in home gardens in Minnesota