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Tammie Joined: 3/08/2006 Location: Ontario, Canada ... Zone 2a - 3b Posts: 325	Posted: Jul/11/2006 9:52 PM PST This fellow is still sitting on my deck. It was there the whole time I BBQ supper and it never budged. It's small.... about 1" from wing edge to wing edge. The antennea have me stumped. Never seen anything like it. It seems to almost have the coloring of a bumblebee but that's the only resemblance. Could it be a moth of some sort? Does someone out there know their insects, please? :banana-wa Attachments: Quote \| Reply \| Report

fozbot3 Joined: 1/18/2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 7893	Posted: Jul/11/2006 9:55 PM PST would you believe it's called a Clear Winged moth? scientific name: sesiidae Quote \| Reply \| Report

cazimere Joined: 7/03/2005 Location: Posts: 2064	Posted: Jul/11/2006 10:19 PM PST Neato. Nice pic Tam Quote \| Reply \| Report

Tammie Joined: 3/08/2006 Location: Ontario, Canada ... Zone 2a - 3b Posts: 325	Posted: Jul/12/2006 1:25 AM PST Thanks! Ummmmm..... there's a good reason why it didn't move........... it's no longer with us!! Quote \| Reply \| Report

treeman Joined: 3/29/2002 Location: Posts: 2874	Posted: Jul/12/2006 3:08 AM PST clear wing moth is one of the hawk moths. They can hover liie hummingbirds... often mistaken for such... or bumblebees. The feathery antennae are a distinguishing characteristic of all moths. Quote \| Reply \| Report