This handsome lady is a female Ghost moth (Hepialus humuli)- the name originates from the males who have white forewings. It's worth looking for them at dusk at this time of year in suitable grassland habitats as the males perform an eerie swaying dance just over the grass tops. The females can be seeing flying over the grass too, they just scatter their eggs as they fly along.
Very nice clean shot of the moth. I love the details in the grass stem.
I don't think you used the wrong method of embedding the image, it is just the host of the image doesn't allow hot linking the image into web pages not hosted by them.
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This handsome lady is a female Ghost moth (Hepialus humuli)- the name originates from the males who have white forewings. It's worth looking for them at dusk at this time of year in suitable grassland habitats as the males perform an eerie swaying dance just over the grass tops. The females can be seeing flying over the grass too, they just scatter their eggs as they fly along.
D70 180mm f16 1/250th ISO 200 Mini Benbo tripod
Phil
Nice one
Tim
BTW what tags are need to embed the image here?
Very nice clean shot of the moth. I love the details in the grass stem.
I don't think you used the wrong method of embedding the image, it is just the host of the image doesn't allow hot linking the image into web pages not hosted by them.
John