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Emperor moth larva

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Posted by Clive_S on July 15, 2006 at 3:18 PM
Precious little time to post lately, but I managed to snatch an afternoon today for photography. Sort of an inner space view of an Emperor moth larva - it was turning back on itself to reclimb the twig and seemed to drop off to sleep half way through!


D70 180mm macro f20 2sec ISO 200 natural light + reflectors. Minibenbo tripod
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on July 16, 2006 at 8:54 AM
Hi Clive,well done for spotting one of these this time of year,thought they were only active april~ may,wonder were you spotted this.
Good detail but not sure if this ones for me, :frown: think I would have liked to have seen the whole lava

Regards

Barrie
Posted by Alison on July 16, 2006 at 9:08 AM
Barrie, don't you remember what the weather was like back then? rofl! Wasn't it still cold and yukky? :jump:

Seriously though, lovely clear shot.
Alison
Posted by Clive_S on July 16, 2006 at 3:04 PM
Hi Barrie,

The moths emerge in May, they're just about to pupate about now so this chap is just about full grown. :smile:
Posted by Justin on July 16, 2006 at 4:28 PM
Intriguing and colourful looking creature. :cool:
Posted by Philip Kirkham on July 17, 2006 at 11:10 AM
The unusual crop works quite well for me Clive, and the colours are superb.
Best wishes
Phil :toast: