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Beauty of the night
Eli

Beauty of the night (Deilephila elpenor)

We had quite a few of these lovely creatures in our garden this summer.
Habitat
Garden
Location
Klokkarstua, Norway
Date taken
26.06.2008
Scientific name
Deilephila elpenor
Equipment used
Canon A-95
Interesting shot. The flowers look like leopard lilies excesp the leopard lili is orange-yellow with dark spots on pettals. The morphology is in all other respect identical. Good image. :t::t:
 
Thank you both very much!
The lily is Lilium martagon. It comes in both pink and white, has a lovely scent and the moths just love it!
 
Thank you very much for kind comments! And good luck to everybody!

Eli
 
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Beautiful shot, Eli. The white flowers with dark background and then the pink moth makes for a wonderful composition.
 

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