Clear Wing Moth aka Hummingbird moth

 

CLEAR WING MOTH BABIES. Lepidoptera

The babies are four in number and appear in late afternoon when the sun wains and a cooler air prevales. These babies are only just short of an inch long and they are ultrasonic in speed. I don't know why but they alight for two to three seconds on a bloom and they are off. They are a challenge to photograph. Parents are slow and more methodical. The wings of the clear wing babies are covered in scales to protect the soft wing material. The scales eventually are shed and the transparent wing appears - hence, the clear wing moth. aka - hummingbird moth.

They have two sets of wings that allow for super sonic flash forward flight and also a rearward set that allows them to hover with reverse and sideways directional change possible