Alex Hyde / Clearwing moth (Loxophlebia sp) which mimics various species of wasp as a defence, Cordillera de Talamanca mountain range, Caribbean Slopes, Costa Rica

Rod Williams / Female Six-belted clearwing (Bembecia ichneumoniformis) laying eggs, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, July.

Jussi Murtosaari / Red-tipped clearwing (Synanthedon formicaeformis) Parikkala, Etela-Karjala / South Karelia, Etela-Suomi / South Finland, Finland. July

Lynn M Stone / Eastern Pondhawk Dragonfly (Erythemis simplicicollis) with moth prey, North Guilford, Connecticut, USA, July.

Jussi Murtosaari / Raspberry Clearwing (Pennisetia hylaeiformis) on leaf, South Karelia, southern Finland, July.

Thomas Marent / Six-belted Clearwing (Bembecia ichneumoniformis) male, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Hornet Moth (Sesia apiformis) pair mating, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Hornet Moth (Sesia apiformis) recently hatched, Switzerland

Jussi Murtosaari / Red-tipped Clearwing Moth (Synanthedon formicaeformis) adult among a beetle and flies on Umbellifera (Umberlliferae / Apiacea) flower, Finland, July

Jussi Murtosaari / Raspberry Clearwing (Pennisetia hylaeiformis) wasp mimic, Finland, July

Nick Upton / Clearwing moth (Chamaesphecia masariformis) a mimic of wasps, resting on a leaf, Lesbos (Lesvos), Greece, May.

LYNN M. STONE / Hummingbird clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe) resting on leaf, North Guilford, Connecticut, USA, July