Rod Williams / Red-tipped clearwing (Synanthedon formicaeformis) feeding on creeping thistle, Sutcliffe Park, Eltham, London, England, UK. September.

Lorraine Bennery / Six-belted clearwing (Bembecia chrysidiformis) female laying eggs, Senart forest, Essonne, France, July.

John Abbott / Maple callus borer (Synanthedon acerni) flying, Oneida County, Wisconsin, USA. Controlled conditions. June

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

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

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

Rolf Nussbaumer / Clearwing Borer (Sesiidae) adult on Gerbera Daisy (Gerbera sp.). This species mimics a wasp to deter predators. Comal County, Hill Country, Central Texas, USA, November.

Nature Production / Hornet moth (Sesia molybdoceps) female, Japan

Robert Thompson / Currant clearwing moth (Synanthedon tipuliformis) resting on leaf, Kent, UK, May

Robert Thompson / Currant clearwing moth (Synanthedon tipuliformis) resting on leaf, Kent, UK, May

Ingo Arndt / Hornet Moth (Sesia apiformis), a hornet mimic, Europe

Ingo Arndt / Hornet Moth (Sesia apiformis), a hornet mimic, Europe

Ingo Arndt / Hornet Moth (Sesia apiformis), a hornet mimic, Europe

Ingo Arndt / Hornet Moth (Sesia apiformis), a hornet mimick, Europe

Ingo Arndt / Hornet Moth (Sesia apiformis) pair, hornet mimics, Europe

Robert Thompson / Red-tipped clearwing moth (Synanthedon formicaeformis) on Bramble leaf, Brackagh Moss NNR, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK, June

Andy Sands / Red-belted clearwing moth (Synanthedon myopaeformis) male resting on an apple, Hertfordshire, England, UK. July. Focus stacked.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Maple callus borer (Synanthedon acerni) profile, Deerwood, Minnesota. Controlled conditions.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Fiery clearwing moth (Pyropteron chrysidiforme) resting on a flower, Orvieto, Umbria. Italy. June.

Jussi Murtosaari / Hornet moth (Sesia apiformis) newly emerged female on leaf. Vehmaa, Finland. July.

Oscar Dewhurst / Six-belted clearwing (Bembecia ichneumoniformis). Suffolk, UK. July.