Busy as a Bee

This Snowberry Clearwing was having the best time with the lantana - stayed occupied long enough sipping for me to get a relatively clear shot.

[Glendq]

so bright and the bee so busy

[Taffy]

Such a great framing of the insect!

[*lynn]

beautiful colors in this ...great capture of a strange looking insect

[Tony]

Love the intense colours in this busy scene. Great close-up.

[Karen Mitchell]

great shot of all of this colour and action

[KoalaGardens🐨]

wonderful shot :)

[sally agnew]

Lovely colours :)

[Lisa Malecki]

Those guys are so hard to catch. nice

[Issi Bannerman]

Super capture of this unusual chap!

[Helen]

Super shot. That looks to be a big flying insect !!

[Dyan Stevens]

Fantastic shot.

[Pat]

Your knowlege of the flora and fauna adds credibility to this excellent shot.

[Geej]

Those wings have to be flapping a mile a minute... or faster! Great shot both in perspective colors that pop.

[Gayle]

Terrific capture! This is a first for me with a Snowberry Clearwing. Very nice! :-)

[amyK]

great capture!

[Imaginings]

Great capture of the Clearwing. I noticed the lantana - In Australia it is a noxious weed that has overrun much of our bush. They now sell a cultivar in nurseries - supposedly one that doesn't spread, but to me it will always be a pest. in Australia. It does have pretty flowers.

[Milanie]

@imaginings I haven't noticed it growing in the wild here - always in a controlled environment and without any spreading. A different variety, perhaps?

[Francesca Ciarrocchi]

Beautiful and strange (for me) insect!

[tommykeith]

great catch, so hard to get these moths!