What is this insect
Sep 18, 2017 13:48:56 #
Anyone know the insect, and how did those blue line get in there. They weren't in any other pics of the day.
Sep 18, 2017 13:54:20 #
will47 wrote:
Anyone know the insect, and how did those blue line get in there. They weren't in any other pics of the day.
It looks to be a Hummingbird Moth
Sep 18, 2017 13:55:19 #
Looks like it might be Hemaris thysbe, or at least in the Hemaris moth family.
Sep 18, 2017 13:58:05 #
rwilson1942 wrote:
Looks like it might be Hemaris thysbe, or at least in the Hemaris moth family.
Sep 18, 2017 14:01:54 #
It is a clearing mouth, sometimes called a hummingbird moth. Looks like a hummingbird.
Sep 18, 2017 14:16:20 #
Your camera in focusing on the far moth, could not focus on the near branches of plants in the way in the foreground so the are in the image as blurred lines. Happens to me all the time, I get excited, take the shot and didn't realize there were weeds or stalks between me and the subject. I throw those out and try harder next time or try to isolate the subject away from that in my cropping.
Sep 18, 2017 14:16:55 #
eskiles wrote:
It is a clearing mouth, sometimes called a hummingbird moth. Looks like a hummingbird.
And damned near as big. Thanks.
Sep 18, 2017 14:40:42 #
hummingbird moth, had a lot of these when we lived in Maui good capture they are pretty hard to get a clean shot of.
will47 wrote:
Anyone know the insect, and how did those blue line get in there. They weren't in any other pics of the day.
Sep 20, 2017 00:42:50 #
Sep 24, 2017 12:54:26 #
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