Snowberry Clearwing

It's not a bee or a butterfly! This little insect is a Snowberry Clearwing moth. I thought it was a Hummingbird Moth at first. They are both really fast!

I think I officially broke up with my little Canon P&S today. All my insect pics from last year were with it and I could never get a decent pic of one of these guys.

View large if you have a minute :0)

Thank you for your lovely comments on yesterday's pics!!! :0)

I have another shot of one in flight for my other album. http://365project.org/cjwhite/my-little-world/03-28-2012

[karenann]

Wow . . beautiful wing action on there. I viewed it enlarged! My husband now owns my Canon p&s. I'm moving on with the new camera and won't go back.

[Carolyn White]

@karenann I still carry mine in my purse for places I can't take the big one. :0)

[BeckyS]

I'm so impressed that you can identify all of these lovely creatures. I'm just "pretty butterfly or pretty flower" LOL

[Karen Sylvia]

I love the movement of the wings!

[Anne ❀]

i like the focus and comp, very cool capture

[Paul Myers]

Awesome shot. Look at the wing motion blur.

[Michael Girard]

wow, very nice and crisp!

[Rick Schies]

Quite the fascinating insect

[Susan T]

What a great capture! I love how you caught the wing action!

[Carolyn White]

@beckys Thank you, Becky! I have three books that I use all the time. They are a Field Guide to Insects and Spiders of North America, Birds of Tennessee, and Wildflowers of Tennessee. They're some of the best gifts I've ever received! :0)

[Brian Buccigrossi]

Wonderful capture :)

[Kerri]

Beautiful!

[Sharon Lee]

So very cool...

[Robin]

What a beautiful moth; looks great viewed large. You can see those tiny wings whirring away.

[Cheyenne Rebecca ツ]

Nice catch!!!

[Sheila]

Wow those wings zipping through the photo!!

[Kimmi]

Pretty creature

[Pam Womack]

that's amazing...you can actually see the wings in motion!

[Rach_who]

I love the blurred motion of his wings.

[Dawn Wilson]

Fantastic detail!

[Livia]

So fast, I can see only the faintest of blurry motion where the wings are! Very cool!

[cglist]

Oh, wow - brilliant capture!

[alia_801]

Fantastic focus - I love the blurry wings too :)

[Peter de Graaff]

Great capture and floral garden

[elkehochban]

Fab wing action!

[Yvonne]

What an amazing shot. So fun to see the wings moving like that. Great detail. You do such a great job.

[Beth]

What an amazing insect. Wonderful capture. I've never seen one of those.

[K J Buehl]

Excellent Capture! Lovely greenery and shot of the moth! fav

[Paula]

He looks massive, but I don't know the true size of this guy - fabulous blur of his wings!

[Christie Hicks]

Great detail in this. Love those long antenna.

[Claire]

Look at that wing detail - fab

[Al Perry]

Beautiful macro shot.

[Carolyn White]

@pwallis It's a little bigger than a honey bee. :0)

[Shirley Banford]

Right place, right snap. You did very well to even see this.

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful close-up shot.

[Pyrrhula]

Amazing capture and a great close up makes a beautiful photo

[Jennifer C]

those wings are going so fast- what a capture!

[Kathryn Marshall]

Great capture and pretty shot.

[C J Riggs]

Wow! Those wings are fabulous. Great shot, as usual.

[Zoe Ferrie]

Amazing, love the wing blur!

[Leslie]

So glad your moth drew me here - you have a gorgeous album. Congratulations.

[Jenna Richards]

Nice shot. I love the movement of the wings.