Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)

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  Stanley Jones

• Apr 29, 2014

Outstanding flight picture of this awesome moth Jim. Brilliant work!!!!!

 

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  carann

• Apr 29, 2014

Superb detail in this brilliant capture Jim !!! Thanks for sharing.
I saw one of these hovering on a buddleia in my garden last summer, but it was moving far too fast for me to get a decent photo.

 

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  jimprichards

• Apr 29, 2014

Carann... it took me almost 100 shots to get this image. He was moving so fast I could hardly tell what it was. He finally hovered above this blossom, and I just held the shutter release down. The camera clicked off a bunch of shots and this image was one of them. I got very lucky and couldn't believe how it turned out... it was the shot of a lifetime.

 

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  Joelle-Marcelle

• Apr 29, 2014

A splendid shot of this moth. There's a crab-spider on the flower. Was the moth trying to get it or avoid it ?

 

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  jimprichards

• Apr 29, 2014

Hey Joelle... The moth was actually hovering above the blossom when I took the picture. It feeds on the flower's nectar and probably was ignoring the spider. I didn't even know the spider was there until I looked at the image on my computer.

 

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  LizandDave

• Apr 29, 2014

Beautiful shot of a moth I have seen but never managed to catch up with. The Crab spider sits on top of flowers and eats anything it can that comes to feed on the flower. They are common on brightly coloured orchids in the Summer.
Dave

 

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  STEFFRO1

• Apr 29, 2014

Lovely image of this guy Jim. I have a similar shot taken a few years ago in upstate NY. They are a challenge!! ;o)