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I wonder?! The one (one) time I saw a hummingbird moth with my own eyes, I thought its wings were opaque -- then again, they move so fast just like a hummingbird, I am probably wrong. (The one I saw was green as well, not bee-like, more like a mimic of an emerald hummingbird of some type).
There is at least one species with clear wings though but the edges and veins aren't?
It looks like a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemaris_diffinis?wprov=sfti1
I've never seen one clearly either, they move so fast and just look big and not really Hummingbirdish