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Emperor moth lunch

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Posted by Lea Roberts on April 26, 2009 at 4:36 PM
another from my time with the stonechats,will post the female next. thanks for loking

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Posted by Mark Davies on April 26, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Spot on sir, great opportunist shot .Light's great , nice comp and near perfect BG .I like this.
Posted by Lee Newman on April 26, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Very nice. love the moth in the beak, nice catchlight in the eye, super perch & bg.

Lee
Posted by Craig Jones on April 26, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Very nice, great bg/detail, well done :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by John Robinson on April 26, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Great stuff.
Was this the one coming in to the nest ?
Emps are a protected species around here !! :wink: :wink: :wink:
Cheers
john
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Posted by Lea Roberts on April 26, 2009 at 6:02 PM
hi john, yes this is the last stop of perch before it dives into the nest. these birds are bringing a variety of moths and caterpillars back for the young, would like to know if anyone could give a positive id on the caterpillar in my last post

http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/bbs.cgi?a=vm&mr=42081&CGISESSID=c02ec7757c6c79f08dd42fd990dd3cab&u=20762

thanks for the comments all
Posted by Terry Longley on April 26, 2009 at 6:37 PM
Lovely capture Lea, the moth is an added bonus.

Regards
Terry.
Posted by Andy Shepherd on April 27, 2009 at 3:53 AM


This is a real beauty Lea, comp wise I'd like a little off the top and a little more at the bottom moving the Stonechat higher in the image, a fine capture.

Andy...
Posted by Malcolm Muir on April 27, 2009 at 3:56 AM
Excellent shot Lea - those supposedly scary eye spots don't appear to work very well with stonechats!

I have had a look at your last post and, though no expert on leps, it could perhaps be the caterpillar of the Waved Black Moth (Parascotia fulginari). It apears to be restricted to the Home Counties - Surrey heaths, etc. They feed on fungi and like brackets, such as birch polypore. It's not one that have up here in Scotland, so I am just going by photo guides - which is never that reliable!

Regards

Malcolm :toast: :toast:
Posted by Kim Connolly on April 27, 2009 at 8:02 AM
Fabulous shot, I always think the male is the harder of the two to get right and this is splendid. The bonus of the moth makes it a really special composition. :toast:
Posted by Guy Rogers on April 27, 2009 at 9:30 AM
Hello Lea.

That a beautiful image of the Stonechat and the moth really adds to the image.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on April 27, 2009 at 12:33 PM
This is a cracker Lea

:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Fran French on April 27, 2009 at 3:18 PM
A real beauty Lea, detail is superb. Would liked to have seen this in portrait, but I understand that there isn't always time! Nice one.

Fran :toast: