Insect ID please

[jimnicholson]

Spotted this on one of my redcurrant or blackcurrant bushes this evening, does anybody know what it is?

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C & C welcome.

 

[Alliec]

Its a moth of some sort, looks very similar to one of the wasp mimics although im no expert.

 

[jimnicholson]

I reckon you're right, possibly a clearwing moth of some kind?

 

[Deleted member 3428]

It's called a clearwing moth Jim, great find Mate and shot

 

[jimnicholson]

Thanks Alby, I saw two on different leaves, but none of the shots I took were sharp enough. Went back and they had both gone, but spotted this one on a twig.

 

[crusher]

Its a bug!!

..............and a well photographed bug at that

 

[jimnicholson]

Thanks crusher, and there was I thinking it was a squirrel :bonk:

 

[Brachytron]

Would you believe its called a "Currant Clearwing"?