Big moth working with bees on moonflowers!

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johnnybigfish

July 12, 2009, 11:27:28 PM
The suns down and the bees are still working the moonflowers! There was a guest too! A humminbird moth!


helping the bees!


This girl cant even see me!( the story of my life!)


Well...Time for bed....again!
your friend,
john

homer

#1
July 12, 2009, 11:49:18 PM
Gorgeous photography!  As fast as the wings on those moths move... it's amazing to catch it in such clarity!

JP

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July 13, 2009, 09:08:47 AM
Dang Johnny, most excellent pictures, you've become quite the photographer!


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#3
July 13, 2009, 09:52:12 AM
nice pics. The bottom one looks like she's wearing gold dust glitter.
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joker1656

#4
July 13, 2009, 10:54:54 AM
Awesome pics!
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Scadsobees

#5
July 13, 2009, 11:07:59 AM
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
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Natalie

#6
July 13, 2009, 11:51:09 AM
I think that is a hummingbird moth. Great pictures Johnny!!

Scadsobees

#7
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.
Rick

Vibe

#8
July 13, 2009, 01:41:35 PM
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

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annette

#9
July 13, 2009, 02:11:49 PM
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

BEES4U

#10
July 17, 2009, 12:29:26 PM
Is the flower also known as Jimson Weed.
Great photos
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johnnybigfish

#11
July 17, 2009, 09:30:25 PM
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

David LaFerney

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July 17, 2009, 10:36:26 PM
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.
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July 18, 2009, 09:10:49 PM
Oh my gosh, we only have big mosquitoes!  That is something else.
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April 23, 2011, 11:14:34 PM
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