Showing posts with label privet hawkmoth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label privet hawkmoth. Show all posts

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Thursday, July 07, 2011

A tale of three hawk-moths


Hummingbird Hawk-moth
Hummingbird Hawk-moth at The Lodge

Elephant Hawk-moth
Elephant Hawk-moth

Privet Hawk-moth
and Privet Hawk-moth - the two highlights of my experimental moth trapping in my garden. These two aside, it's not going very well at the moment. Need bigger, brighter bulb...

photos taken with Canon EOS 30D + EF 300mm f/4L IS USM and Canon Powershot A640

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Moth fever continues...

Sorry if you don't really like moths. This might be getting a bit boring for you.

But surely you can appreciate the unique... beauty of the male Drinker moth?

The Drinker
The Drinker. The ALF of the moth world.

It was clear last night and so a bit colder than it has been. I had to put on a fleece when I went outside to attend to the trap (at about 5am). We had our lowest number of Privet Hawkmoths yet - 'only' two!

Privet Hawkmoth
Privet Hawkmoth

Eyed Hawkmoth
Eyed Hawkmoth

Elephant Hawkmoth
Elephant Hawkmoth numbers were up, to 9

Barn Owl feather
To show it's not all moths for me these days, I found this Barn Owl feather on the lawn. Its owner must have dropped it there overnight

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Sunday, July 29, 2007

Privet Hawkmoth


Lately I've been inspired by John Wright's blog, which showcases his considerable talent as a naturalist, photographer and artist.

I went out into the garden to photograph butterflies when I spotted this Privet Hawkmoth hiding on the back fence, out of the wind. I knew it would sit dead still so I got my paints and some paper, and had a go at painting it.