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HKHollinstone
Country/State : England, CUMBRIA Age : 32 Joined : 2010-03-30 Posts : 11285
| Subject: Hummingbird Hawk Moth Sat 24 Jul 2010, 08:29 | |
| I was out in the garden with my camera and I saw this beautiful hummingbird hawk moth, it's the first time I've ever seen one. It looks just like a bird, incredible creature. Because it was really hard taking photos, as it was moving fast and zooming to the next flower, the pictures are quite big, here they are on my blog [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] hope you enjoy them |
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Wildheart
Country/State : Bucharest,Romania Age : 27 Joined : 2010-04-29 Posts : 2203
| Subject: Re: Hummingbird Hawk Moth Sat 24 Jul 2010, 08:46 | |
| I also saw some of them at my Grandma,in the mountains!There was a flower bed in front of the mayor's house,and those beautiful insects were flying from rose to rose! They usualy appear in this period of the year! |
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Philter4
Country/State : Back and forth between East and West coast of the U.S.A. Age : 59 Joined : 2010-03-30 Posts : 1416
| Subject: Re: Hummingbird Hawk Moth Sat 24 Jul 2010, 10:48 | |
| What a beautiful insect, and you took some great photos. |
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HKHollinstone
Country/State : England, CUMBRIA Age : 32 Joined : 2010-03-30 Posts : 11285
| Subject: Re: Hummingbird Hawk Moth Sat 24 Jul 2010, 16:24 | |
| - Philter4 wrote:
- What a beautiful insect, and you took some great photos.
Thanks Phil Aren't they beautiful to watch WH, they're so like the humming birds. I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures, I guess they turned out quite well considering how fast it was. |
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Wildheart
Country/State : Bucharest,Romania Age : 27 Joined : 2010-04-29 Posts : 2203
| Subject: Re: Hummingbird Hawk Moth Sat 24 Jul 2010, 19:31 | |
| Absolutely!They are astonishing!Those insects are hard to focus with the eyes,but with the cameras! |
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aandmkw
Country/State : Gardendale, TX Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-04 Posts : 2338
| Subject: Re: Hummingbird Hawk Moth Sun 25 Jul 2010, 00:39 | |
| Great photos. I had a couple that came last year and I took some photos of them. They are amazing creatures. I thought mine were hummingbirds at first, but soon found out the were moths. |
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HKHollinstone
Country/State : England, CUMBRIA Age : 32 Joined : 2010-03-30 Posts : 11285
| Subject: Re: Hummingbird Hawk Moth Sun 25 Jul 2010, 06:27 | |
| - aandmkw wrote:
- Great photos. I had a couple that came last year and I took some photos of them. They are amazing creatures. I thought mine were hummingbirds at first, but soon found out the were moths.
Thanks Amy, I know they have a little face like a bird and a tail! It's just amazing, I hope I see it again. |
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aandmkw
Country/State : Gardendale, TX Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-04 Posts : 2338
| Subject: Re: Hummingbird Hawk Moth Tue 27 Jul 2010, 02:30 | |
| Mine came back every evening at dusk for several weeks. They are amazing. I haven't seen any this year yet. |
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HKHollinstone
Country/State : England, CUMBRIA Age : 32 Joined : 2010-03-30 Posts : 11285
| Subject: Re: Hummingbird Hawk Moth Tue 27 Jul 2010, 07:01 | |
| - aandmkw wrote:
- Mine came back every evening at dusk for several weeks. They are amazing. I haven't seen any this year yet.
How lovely to see them every evening! |
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Kikimalou Admin
Country/State : Lille, FRANCE Age : 60 Joined : 2010-04-01 Posts : 21139
| Subject: Re: Hummingbird Hawk Moth Tue 27 Jul 2010, 09:19 | |
| Congratulation Harriet ! First to have such wonderful neighbour and second for the pics because I know how uneasy it is to capture good insect photos. It's really great thank you |
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HKHollinstone
Country/State : England, CUMBRIA Age : 32 Joined : 2010-03-30 Posts : 11285
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