Indian Moon Moth Series -Emerging Male

GOLDENORFE

First Male indian moon moth to emerge, showing part of sequence taken over 1.5 hrs [ full set on flickr ]
hope you remember the huge caterpillers they came from.

hope you like them.
phil.










close up of eye pattern on wing






one for Maxine showing size on fingers


thanks for looking, phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

carebearyogi

That was GREAT!!!! Thanks for sharing

Awais Yaqub

These are great ! loved them

Mark Edell

Very cool! I like them all!!

Lord Vetinari

Wonderful sequence- well captured
Brian V.

Jack'll do

Absolutely fascinating Phil. We've all been waiting for these since you showed us the caterpillars clap

Cygnus Studios

That is one of the most amazing series that I have seen. Absolutely incredible shots.

shoepick

Sweet!

GOLDENORFE

thanks for comments everyone. more to come.
phil.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Brian-D

Very nice! These things are hard to find, let alone finding something like this.
Had me confused I didn't know luna moths where also called indian moons.
Learned something today!

GOLDENORFE

Brian-D wrote:

Very nice! These things are hard to find, let alone finding something like this.
Had me confused I didn't know luna moths where also called indian moons.
Learned something today!

thanks brian, i breed these at home by the way!
the american luna moth is very similar but smaller,there are at least 3 varietys of indian moon moth, and also a madagascan moon moth.

phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Skippy

GOLDENORFE wrote:

First Male indian moon moth to emerge, showing part of sequence taken over 1.5 hrs [ full set on flickr ]
hope you remember the huge caterpillers they came from.

hope you like them.
phil.

close up of eye pattern on wing

one for Maxine showing size on fingers

thanks for looking, phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Phil these are amazing my parents are looking at them too,
mum wants one she's never seen a Moon Moth before.

The sequence is well captured Phil, excellent work

Thanks for the message, I did miss this post ... Skippy
.

Greensquared

WOW. Totally awesome!

cmorganphotography

Gah!! That thing is huge!!
I am not so fond of insects........ why do I look at the macro forum?!?!

I know... because it's fascinating... and gross.