Wildlife Spotting

The top of the natural extravagance! ;) Love it. Gorgeous species. Keep the great work!

Marvelous!

Fantastic spot!

Wow! Great spot!

Beautiful find!

I think Melittia sp., but I can't find an exact match

Melittia sp. is quite close, but I did not find a reasonable match. Important are the details: color of body, markings on body, color of the wings, antennae, legs and markings on the wings. Many Melittia have "clear" wings, which yours has not. But that was just a quick search! All I can say until now: tricky one, but a real beauty!! Just for illustration! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squash_vine_borer

It is a Clearwing Moth, Sesiidae. I try to get closer, but there is not much info about this family.

It is great to know what it is Martin.

Its a moth with underdeveloped wings. Some bagmoths (Psychidae) look like this; http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/resources/identification/animals/bug-id/alphabetic-list-of-bugs/australian-bag-moth

Awesome spotting DarkSergeAbel!