Friday 26 August 2011

Catching Up.

Here are some pictures from the last few days. Nice to see some decent butterflies, they are not as numerous as last year. Hoping to catch up with some Dragonflies over the week-end.







This shot shows where the Elephant Hawk-Moth gets it's name. It's the first one we've seen.

Our Daughter found it in her garden and brought it to us to identify.


20 comments:

  1. Such beautiful pictures! I especially like the one with bumblebee inside a flower.

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  2. Strange that they are not that many in your area... I saw tons of them in France and enjoyed taking pictures of them.... Nice collection you have and I hope you will see more.

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  3. Nice and beautiful creatures. The Hover-fly and Moth are my favourites.

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  4. Superb images. I love the Small Copper; a beautiful butterfly.

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  5. Nice variation of insects and the bee that has the strpes on top is quite interesting, as is the Elephant Moth Caterpillar, very cool~

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  6. I'm not familiar with moths and butterflies; however, I do appreciate their variation and colour. I also appreciate your ability to capture these beauties and share them with us.

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  7. All your photos are excellent, but the butterfly shots are just exquisite!

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  8. wat een geweldige foto's
    mooi die macro's.
    groetjes Herman,

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  9. I am forever amazed at your glorious captures! Outstanding details and colors. Stunning butterfly images! Fantastic find of the Elephant Hawk-Moth. I've never seen one before. I can see where it gets its name. Once again, exceptional series of photographs!

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  10. Hi!
    Great macro series, butterfiles are so beautiful.
    Greeting from Sweden
    /Ingemar

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  11. Fantastic collection! I like the small copper crowded onto one small flower with the two bees. Must have been extra special pollen.

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  12. Super selection of images and lovely detail and colours. Not had a chance to use my Macro lense this Summer!

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  13. Amazing collection of shots, nice one.

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  14. Good shots. Nice to see the Brimstone.

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  15. What a cool post once again with a lot of different species. I hope that the moth (that I've never seen ;-) has a better look than the caterpillar that I had never seen neither. It is a quite impressive one!

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  16. Love the variety of wildlife photo's. We had a Elephant Hawkmoth caterpillar in our garden some years ago.
    You photography is 1st class.

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  17. The Elephant Hawkmoth shots beautifully convey why it has that name. Lovely work.

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  18. Thank you for all your comments.
    John and Sue.

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  19. Great serie, i am specially amazed by the Elephant Hawk-Mot

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  20. Superb images, John. I love your macro work. I can't remember the last time I saw an Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillar. They're fabulous!

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