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When I was in Mallorca in the spring I saw a couple of Clearwing moths, day-flying moths that mimic hornets and wasps. In the UK there are only 14 species of clearwings and all are rarely seen due to their relative scarcity and because they are secretive despite being day-flying. So wanting to see if I could see some in the UK I bought a couple of pheromone lures from Anglian Lepidopteris Supplies. These attract males of specific clearwing species. I've have had no luck over the last couple of weeks but had high hopes for today as it was warm and sunny which is apparently what is needed to get the males flying. I left a lure out in the garden this morning and when I got back found this beauty, an Orange-tailed Clearwing (Synanthedon andrenaeformis). Luckily I managed some reasonable photos before it flew off.