Finally spring is here.
Mar 23, 2013 08:41:41 #
I'm just getting back into it. I used my usual settings. If you need them I will post them. I am using a new flash Canon mt 24 ex. Still waiting for the defuser ad on.
Notice how his noise moves to one side to reviel his probiscus.
Mar 23, 2013 08:44:46 #
clicktime, these are outstanding pictures, great detail and colors. :thumbup:
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Mar 23, 2013 11:54:46 #
Nice set. Do you know the type of moth? There are very few posted on bug guide, but hundreds when I goggled moths of N America. Couldn't find this one, but those thumb nails are too small!....
Mar 23, 2013 12:28:28 #
LoneRangeFinder wrote:
it is a white-lined sphinxDo you know the type of moth?
Mar 23, 2013 12:35:16 #
Mar 23, 2013 14:33:26 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Thanks I didn't see them before this year. It's hard to get them to sit still and there head is always deep in the flower.I love your native bee.
Mar 23, 2013 14:35:45 #
tinusbum wrote:
I thought they were called a Hawk moth? There around lately right at dark.it is a white-lined sphinx
Mar 23, 2013 15:00:28 #
clicktime wrote:
Definitely a White-Lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyles_lineatatinusbum wrote:
I thought they were called a Hawk moth? There around lately right at dark.it is a white-lined sphinx
Mar 23, 2013 15:13:46 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Tom & you are correct. I just got confirmation back from bug guide. Hyles lineataDefinitely a White-Lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyles_lineata
Mar 23, 2013 15:30:35 #
tinusbum wrote:
Thanks. I used to see these when I was growing up in Oklahoma. They were almost as big as hummingbirds.... I thought they were Imperial Moths-- but I looked that up and knew I was wrong.it is a white-lined sphinx
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