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big fat helicopter moth I had called it..taken in the garden a couple of weeks ago
correct name found by Karen FB many thanks
| Brand: | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera: | Nikon D2X  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | 35-135 old tamron lens  Check out Totally Tamron! |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Focal Length: | 0mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/1.0 |
| Aperture: | f/0.0 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/1000sec |
| Exposure Comp: | -1/3 |
| ISO: | 800 |
| Exposure Mode: | Aperture-priority AE |
| Metering Mode: | Center-weighted average |
| Flash: | No Flash |
| Title: | Hummingbird Hawk Moth or a small heli! |
| Username: | 
annettep38 |
| Uploaded: | 18 Jul 2011 - 5:47 PM |
| Tags: | Flowers, Hummingbird hawk moth, Macro, Moth, Wildlife / nature |
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Quote: A humming bird
great answer bob
they haven't been spotted in the west of France before 
sorry Karen, saw your definition after I had posted, your name is perfectly right... just looked it up in wikipedia thank you so much
Just popped back to see version 2! 
It looks like you had quite a challenge - not only trying to capture a moth which zooms around with no regular pattern, but it looks very dark under this shrub (you've done brilliantly to capture it as you have!). These little moths are so pretty and very distinctive. The UK get them occasionally, but it's been several years since I've seen one in my area (mid Devon)!
P.S. If you'd like to see a few images from EPZ, pop 'Hummingbird Hawk Moth' in the 'Search Gallery' box at the top of the page!
thanks for the hint Karen, I didn't know you could actually search for names like that! I am pretty new to this and wow, there are many terrific photos about. I also found this:
a French moth enthusiast apparently he spends a lot of time looking out for rare insects.
I d admit that the second photo is only a 1:1 crop, I didn't have the right lens at the moment, just used what was on the camera!
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