Popular Poplar

I had a visit this evening from the kids next door to say that they had found a weird bat hanging in their garden, I went to investigate and nearly rolled around laughing when they showed me this Poplar Hawkmoth on their apple tree ! They were incredibly interested though and I later sent them off with one of my moth books to find some rarer ones, should keep them out of mischief for a while ! I am pleased they did let me know though as I have never seen one in daylight, let alone photographed one.

Thanks for looking,

Lewis.


Canon 50D
Sigma 150mm
Tripod + cable release
small reflector
ISO 200
F14
1/4
DPP & CS3

Great capture and very astute of you to stimulate the childrens' interest further. UKNP participants of the future perhaps?

Nicely done Lewis. It is in deed a great way to get the grand kids interested.
Its not all of them that ever get the chance to see something like this and it ought to be a part of school in my opinion.

Major

Exactly ! It used to be part of school in the old days- but now the world's a better place !!!!!
JohnR

Yes, it is a shame, seems that education has only recently gone that way though, when I was at school in the 90s we had a very popular "nature club" running, I guess it also depends where you go to school and if the teachers are interested (most aren't). I think most of my passion for natural history came from one of my primary school teachers, dear old Mrs.Otterway !

Cheers,

Lewis.


PS. The youngsters didn't find anything else, but I am setting my moth trap tonight, so we'll see what we get in the morning!

Good to hear they were interested enough to tell you about it - nice image!

David