Elephant Hawk Moth

Posted by Clive on Sun Jul 03, 2005 7:19 am

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This one is resting on a bee orchid.
I know the dof isn't enough - is it ever!!!

Why 'elephant' - well no, it's not because of pink elephants - the larva looks amazingly like an elephant's trunk!

See: http://www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/P2/P24244.HTM

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D70 180mm Macro 1/250 f11 digital iso 400 Natural light, reflector.

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by Wil Hershberger on Sun Jul 03, 2005 10:49 am

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Cool looking moth and a very nice photo. I wish that we could see more of the moth or the open flower. I really like the colors.
Thanks for posting,

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by MikeBinOK on Sun Jul 03, 2005 11:33 am

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What a gorgeous subject! Are his upper wings this colorful?

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by Michael Brown on Sun Jul 03, 2005 12:14 pm

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Now this is a cool looking shot Clive, and of a subject that I'm not sure I have ever seen before.
Very cool!!!

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by Neil Fitzgerald on Mon Jul 04, 2005 3:19 am

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Nice looking critter. Although it would be nice to see more of the moths face, the composition is good and it all works for me.

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by Clive on Mon Jul 04, 2005 12:18 pm

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MikeBinOK wrote: Are his upper wings this colorful?

They're a sort of olive green and pink Mike, not so bright as the underwing though!

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by Bob Boner on Tue Jul 05, 2005 4:43 pm

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Nice color and composition. It doesn't look quite sharp to me, maybe from camera movement. Still an attractive image. Thanks for sharing.

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