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Hummingbird Hawk-moth


Hummingbird Hawk-moth
Photo Information
Copyright: Robi rdfoto (rdfoto) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 375 W: 0 N: 747] (3202)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-08-12
Categories: Insects
Camera: canon, 100mm f/2.8MacroØ58, SanDisk CFExtreme4gb
Exposure: f/16, 1/80 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-08-12 9:12
Viewed: 549
Points: 26
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
The Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) is a species of hawk moth with a long proboscis, and regularly hovers, making an audible humming noise. These two features make it look remarkably like a hummingbird when it feeds on flowers. It flies during the day, especially in bright sunshine, but also at dusk (Herrera, 1992), dawn, and even in the rain, which is unusual for even diurnal hawkmoths (Pittaway, 1993). Its visual abilities have been much studied, and it has been shown to have a relatively good ability to learn colours (Kelber, 1996).
The Hummingbird Hawk-moth is distributed throughout Eurasia from Portugal to Japan, but is resident only in warmer climates (Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, North Africa, and points east). It is strongly migratory and can be found virtually anywhere in the hemisphere in the summer. However it rarely survives the winter in northern latitudes (e.g. north of the Alps in Europe, north of the Caucasus in Russia, etc.).
Moths in the Hemaris genus of the family Sphingidae are known as "hummingbird moths" in the US, and "bee moths" in Europe, which sometimes causes confusion between this species and the North American genus.
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Hello, Robi!
It is something demoniac in this moth glance, it looks like witch from the Grimm's brothers tales. Sorry... I was joking about the moth, it is very nice and I suppose it is quite gentle. Excellent photo!
Tadeusz

Hi Robi,
I like such pictures very. It moth looks on interesting. And which sees? Great eye. Survey has splendid content and quality.
I congratulate - Roma

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1115 W: 0 N: 1829] (7816)
  • [2007-08-12 12:12]

Bonsoir Robi,
Il semble que tu joues à cache cache avec les papillons de nuit et même le Moro Sphinx! Et celui-ci ne nous manque pas. Avec cet oeil glauque, que peut-il bien penser?
Bonne soirée
Anne

Hi Robi,
Beautiful look!
Very good colors, POV and composition!
Shot very well detailled!
Excellent!
Congratulations!
José Roberto

bonjour robi,
curieux insecte, on dirait qu'il porte une fourure, magnifique macro,
superbe
Nad

Salut Robi,
C'est une photo vraiment originale de cet insecte! J'aime bien cette perspective et cet impressionnant contact des yeux. Bravo!
Claudine

Bonsoir Robi, il est sympas ce gros plan, il a même une bonne tête je trouve ....
Coté photo, elle est bien réussie car c'est un insecte pour le moins agité, la netteté est très bonne, très belle lumière naturelle, en résumé c'est une très bonne macros, merci de partager,
amitiés,
Pat

Hi Robi,
Fantastic macro you capture this Hummingbird Hawk-moth with great details very sharp
and colorful, well done. TFS. Best regards/Lawhill

hello robi
belle macro de cet insecte peu commun, bons détails sur un excellent BG
bravo et merci a toi
edith

Hello Robi,
Good portrait of this little fellow!
He looks like surprised to see the camera, hehehe...
Good details are captured, presented in an attractice composition!
Greetings,
Pablo -

:-) OK-

salut Robi
d'où nous sors-tu ce 'vieux moine', il pourrait venir du film 'le nom de la rose'
Bref, tu as très bien réussi cette macro.
Tu es un chef .
Amicalement
Laurent

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2369 W: 164 N: 7114] (22494)
  • [2007-08-20 3:20]

Hello Robi,
Great shot! It's not often one has the chance to see eye-to-eye with this one! Very well captured with sharp focus on that eye and the antennae. Well composed too.
TFS and regards, Ulla

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  • Bass Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 101 W: 0 N: 115] (465)
  • [2007-10-09 19:45]

Hi Robi,
great macro! nice details, not only over the bug, but also over the leaves of the grass.
I like how the light show the face of the bug by one side, gives a extrange sensation.
Well done!
TFS
regards
Brenda

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