The suns down and the bees are still working the moonflowers! There was a guest too! A humminbird moth!
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_btJlzM8u72Q/SlqZ5UeD1sI/AAAAAAAAE1E/LBDj4cpVIb4/s800/DSC_0069.JPG) (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/mS_XBu8h55ZVgoR1v4zgeg?feat=embedwebsite)
helping the bees!
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_btJlzM8u72Q/SlqaqbwELwI/AAAAAAAAE10/0S489es6riE/s800/DSC_0057.JPG) (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fzQoGk7nRRK5QnA-d5mwSg?feat=embedwebsite)
This girl cant even see me!( the story of my life!)
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_btJlzM8u72Q/SlqbCEJ8p0I/AAAAAAAAE2Q/4R7BTkQ4qJQ/s800/DSC_0054.JPG) (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/1FDGj5ywzYQSuhpHWX2kbA?feat=embedwebsite)
Well...Time for bed....again!
your friend,
john
Gorgeous photography! As fast as the wings on those moths move... it's amazing to catch it in such clarity!
Dang Johnny, most excellent pictures, you've become quite the photographer!
...JP
nice pics. The bottom one looks like she's wearing gold dust glitter.
Awesome pics!
Sweet, johnny, that's awesome! I gotta get me a real camera too!!
That looks suspiciously like a tomato hornworm moth, might want to keep an eye on those veggies!!
Rick
I think that is a hummingbird moth. Great pictures Johnny!!
That there's a 5-Spotted Hawkmoth (the moth of the tomato hornworm! :-P).
Bumblebee moths and hummingbird moths have clear wings.
Quote from: Scadsobees on July 13, 2009, 11:07:59 AM
That looks suspiciously like a tomato hornworm moth, might want to keep an eye on those veggies!!
Rick
Quote from: Natalie on July 13, 2009, 11:51:09 AM
I think that is a hummingbird moth. Great pictures Johnny!!
Quote from: Scadsobees on July 13, 2009, 01:31:38 PM
That there's a 5-Spotted Hawkmoth (the moth of the tomato hornworm! :-P).
I think that all of these are correct
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphingidae
http://www.birds-n-garden.com/hummingbird_moths.html
Or a tobacco hornworm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Manduca_sexta_female_sjh.JPG
So strange to see the bees out in the dark. My girls go to bed early (they are good girls)
Love the photos John and thanks for sharing
Annette
Is the flower also known as Jimson Weed.
Great photos
Ernie
No, but I think it may be in the same family as jimson weed....its a hallucinogenic...Its a moonflower....or angels trumpet....theres another plant just like it but the flower points down.....Its called a devils trumpet...Really! :)
your friend,
john
Quote from: Scadsobees on July 13, 2009, 01:31:38 PM
That there's a 5-Spotted Hawkmoth (the moth of the tomato hornworm! :-P).
Bumblebee moths and hummingbird moths have clear wings.
AKA a sphinx moth I believe, but yes the adult phase of a hornworm.
Oh my gosh, we only have big mosquitoes! That is something else.
This is Jimson weed Datura stramonium
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1Q1GGLD_enUS366US376&biw=1259&bih=833&site=search&tbm=isch&aq=f&aqi=g10&oq=&q=jimson%20weed (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1Q1GGLD_enUS366US376&biw=1259&bih=833&site=search&tbm=isch&aq=f&aqi=g10&oq=&q=jimson%20weed)
Regards,
Ernie
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