One of my goals every year is to get pictures of these guys!

It’s a Snowberry Clearwing moth. I showed you the caterpillar the other day – now here is what that caterpillar turns into.

I’ve seen them described as “Flying Party Shrimp in a Velvet Jumpsuit” and I can’t think of anything more apt!

They are quite tricky to get pictures of. The move VERY, very fast. And they don’t sit still at all like the butterflies do. These pics were captured by holding the shutter button down and hoping for the best. I probably trashed 80% of the photos I took.

As long as I get a few good pics, I’m happy.

We also get Hummingbird Clearwing moths (they are a little bigger and have pale green heads), but I’ve only seen them in the evenings this year so no pics In fact, Lemmy caught one a few weeks ago – thankfully I got it away from him before he destroyed it. (But Monarch murder count is up to six)

Now this beauty isn’t a Monarch. It’s a Viceroy. You can tell by the line through the bottom wing. I have seen them here before, but not for a couple of years, and never in great numbers.

I hope they become more regular visitors.

And last, I’ll leave you with one of my favourites! It’s been so nice to see it around often this summer.