Clearwings at Dingestow

After complete failure over 15 years staring at Clearwing pheromone lures hanging in bags, I finally bought a pheromone trap. Miraculously this worked the first time I tried it: attracting a male Yellow-legged Clearwing on 8th June. I tried with Yellow-legged, Red-belted and Currant lures several times a week without any more success until today (2nd July), when a stunning male Red-belted Clearwing appeared in the trap.

I have found the exuviae of both Yellow-legged Clearwings (in parkland oaks) and Red-belted Clearwings (in an ancient perry pear) at Dingestow over the last 15 years but had never seen the adult of either species. Finally seeing an imago was hugely exciting!