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J blue

Please like these photos.

This bug was so fast. Followed it around for 15’ and these were the best pics I got. Oh well.

Hemaris deffinis, snowberry clearing (aka hummingbird moth) on Salvia lyrata, lyre leaf sage

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A hummingbird moth feeding on lavender tube-shaped downward-facing flowers with a green, grassy background. The thorax is very fuzzy and yellow, and the abdomen is black and fuzzy. Its wings are clear but with black veins. And the photo they’re rather blurry because they beat very fast. The moth in this pic has its whole head in the flower and his clasping onto the flower from the sides.
A hummingbird moth feeding on lavender tube-shaped flowers with a green background. There are new buds of flowers at the top of the pic and those are dark purple. The thorax is very fuzzy and yellow, and the abdomen is black and fuzzy. Its wings are clear but with black veins. And the photo they’re rather blurry because they beat very fast. In this pic, the moth has pulled away and its proboscis is hanging out in front.
A hummingbird moth with black and yellow coloring hovering near purple flowers. This is a download facing pic. Its head is in the flower.
Close-up of a hummingbird moth feeding on purple flowers against a green grassy background. This pic the hummingbird moth is facing right with its head in a flower.
Apr 29, 2024, 04:23 PM·Public·IceCubesApp
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Trenton Hoshiko | Filmmaker

@jblue Can't simply just "like"! I love these! What a beautiful moth with those translucent wings!!

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slow learner, deep feeler

@jblue
Those are great photos. My last sphynx moth photos were barely legible.
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Edited for spelling

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Heathen 🐈

@jblue @plants
I've never seen a hummingbird moth before, thank you for sharing these.

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James Patten

@jblue Clearwing Moths are so cool. It's so awesome to see the convergent evolution on the body and behaviour between these moths and hummingbirds.

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Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴

@jblue @plants

Great photos! Terrific depth of field. Excellent focus. Beautiful composition. Well done, you!

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cohan

@jblue @plants there's some species of these moths that I see here occasionally, always a treat!

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Guy_VO

@jblue @plants
These are indeed difficult to get a good photo of, but it turned out quite well.👍

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Guy_VO

@jblue @plants
This is my best shot of the closely related Macroglossum stellatarum. (in Dutch: "kolibrievlinder" => 'hummingbird butterfly'). (also member of Sphingidae family)
Not an award-winning photo either🤭 .

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eabolden

@jblue @plants They are so very difficult to photograph, very glad you shared!

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