Virginia plants. Wildlife of Virginia.

Snowberry Clearwing

Hemaris diffinis

Snowberry Clearwing — Cody Hough · CC BY-SA 3.0 · File:SnowberryClearwing.jpg

Caterpillar host plants

Caterpillars eat the leaves of host plants; adults drink nectar from many flowers. Caterpillars also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

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9 native plants in Virginia. 1 not suggested for gardens

American Fly-honeysuckle
Lonicera canadensis
Shrub
Coral Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
Vine
Limber Honeysuckle
Lonicera dioica
Vine
Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
Shrub
Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Shrub
Orangefruit Horse Gentian; Orangefruited Horse Gentian; Orange Fruit Horse Gentian; Orange Fruited Horse Gentian; Orangefruit Horsegentian; Orangefruited Horsegentian; Orange Fruit Horsegentian; Orange Fruited Horsegentian
Triosteum aurantiacum var. aurantiacum
Wildflower or fern
Perfoliate Horse-gentian
Triosteum perfoliatum
Wildflower or fern
Yellowfruit Horse-gentian
Triosteum angustifolium
Wildflower or fern

Native here, not suggested for gardens

Pacific Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus var. albus Rare or protected plant

Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261

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Hummingbird Clearwing 5 of these plants

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