Looking for a bug

[one_raven]

One Raven, look at the images here: http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/

I know cicadas very well.
I am listening to them outside my window right now.
This was definitely not a cicada.

Have you looked at pictures of "clearwing" moths - varieties of sphinx moth that fly during the day ?

Not yet, but I will now.

Did the wings hide the body ?

Yes.

What colors were prominent in the wings and body ? Iridescence ?

Wings were black qnd clear sections separated by what liked like the leading in a stained glass window.
The body was pewter gray.

Were the eyes large ? Colored ?

I didn't get a good enough look at the eyes, but no colors stand out to me at all. I think they must have been black or gray.

 

[draqon]

sawfly?

 

[Enmos]

These are awesome insects by the way, Owlflies:

 

[Enmos]

sawfly?

That is a good suggestion Draqon.

 

[draqon]

Caddisfly?

 

[one_raven]

it seems one_raven your one wing insect is not a fly

But that's saying flies have a single pair of wings, and my creature DID have a single pair of wings.

 

[one_raven]

sawfly?

No.
It was shaped much more like a moth than that.

I looked at some clearwing moth pictures, and there may be something there, but I am not sure.
It seemed much more substantial than a moth.
I heard it land on the wooden fence. It was heavy and hard.

It really did look like a moth made of pewter with stained glass sections for wings.

 

[Enmos]

I think you would have noticed the appendix but meh..
Scorpionfly

 

[Enmos]

Caddisfly?

No, I already posted one of those.

 

[draqon]

can you draw it please, scan it, upload, and post image here...

 

[one_raven]

These are awesome insects by the way, Owlflies:

Hell yeah, they are.
That second one looks like a fairy.

 

[one_raven]

Shit. I have to get in the shower.

I'll keep looking later.

Thanks, guys.

 

[draqon]

Ecpantheria Scribonia (moth)

 

[draqon]

Harnessed Moth

 

[Enmos]

Did it look like this ? Waspmoth:

Edit: Yea, if you have a scanner draw it as detailed as you can then scan and post it here

 

[draqon]

Mottled Duskywing

 

[Enmos]

Peach Tree Borer (Synanthedon exitiosa):

http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/tfipm/peachborer.htm

 

[draqon]

muhahahaa...

 

[draqon]

that me and small Enmos

 

[clusteringflux]

Considering there's 120,000 species of flies, this could take a while.