This big and beautiful polyphemus moth was fluttering around the parking lot at work on Friday. Of course I had to take his portrait. More detailed shots of this lovely fellow are below.
Big and beautiful
This big and beautiful polyphemus moth was fluttering around the parking lot at work on Friday. Of course I had to take his portrait. More detailed shots of this lovely fellow are below.
Beautiful moth! Great find and awesome shot!
Thanks. It was a lucky shot. Just happened to be walking across the parking lot to another building and there he was. Ran back in for the camera and the rest is pixels! 🙂 Glad to see you back.
Thanks! Good to be back and learning from all you great photographers. I never leave from perusing these blogs without coming away with a new idea or technique to use myself in the future. Nice to see you’re still clicking away! Have a great weekend.. or at least what’s left of it. 🙂
You too!
A true beauty!
Fascinating creatures — especially when you see the detail of all the wing scales and how the color comes about. So beautiful. Thanks once again for stopping by!
I do enjoy all your fabulous finds 🙂
Thanks again!
We must have these here. I found a dead one in our driveway last week. It looked exactly like this guy. I felt so bad for him, and didn’t know what had happened. It was said, because he was just so beautiful!
They appear to be quite widespread! This site: http://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Polyphemus-Moth lists a huge range for these beauties. They’re quite clever in color too — when their wings are folded, they are bland and look like an old leaf.
They do. And that’s exactly what I thought it was until I got closer. Thank you for the site link!
Taking all these photos and blogging, one learns so much about the photo subjects. This has been a real education for me about all the wild things around us here. What a beautiful world!
What an amazing creature in nature!
Great Shots!!!!
What were you shooting with?
Sorry for the delayed response! This was taken by a Sony DSC-H10 purchased from eBay for $80. LOVE this camera.
Looks like you got a great deal.