dogwood borer (Synanthedon scitula) near Lidke Mill Park IA 653A9886

Here's another neat clearwing moth that mimics a bee or wasp. The dogwood borer lays eggs on wounded sections of dogwood and a few other favored trees. Larvae live for a year or so as they chew their way through a tree's cambium and can do considerable tree damage in that time.

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