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Posted: 07 Apr 2014

Taken: 12 Mar 2014

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A-Z Project •
sphinx moth •
horn worm •
Hyles lineata •
Hawk Moth •
Sphingidae •
Lepidoptera •
Moth •
White-lined sphinx •
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White-Lined Hawk Moth •

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H is for Huge Hawk Moth (Hyles Lineata)

H is for Huge Hawk Moth (Hyles Lineata)
A couple of weeks ago I opened the door to let the dogs out for their morning business and saw something on the door out of the corner of my eye. Turning to look, I nearly fell over! This moth is about 2" long, what a monster! I was really excited because I instantly recognized it as a Hawk Moth, sometimes called a Hummingbird Moth because it can hover in midair like a hummingbird and is also a nectar feeder. Moths in this group also have the longest proboscis (tongues) in the world (Morgan's Sphinx Moth holds the record at 1 foot long). It was so wonderful to get a nice picture of this beauty!

Note: My apologies for being so slow to put up new pictures, I've been working on my book!

If you would like read more about these moths, Wiki has a page here: Wiki: White-Lined Hawk Moth For more informations on this fascinating family of moths, visit this Wiki page: Wiki: Hawk Moths

Explored on ipernity on April 7, 2014. Highest placement, #2.

Ronald Stachowiak, William (Bill) Armstrong, Christel Ehretsmann, and 92 other people have particularly liked this photo

41 comments - The latest ones
 Chrissy
Chrissy club
WOOOOW, what an awesome animal! Look at the great details you got here. FANTASTIC, Janet! Yippieh :-)
10 years ago.
 Indira Nair
Indira Nair
Fabulous macro shot...like the details!
Thanks so much for visiting my picture :)
10 years ago.
 Frode
Frode club
Excellent macro !!
10 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Like the clarity and sharpness !!
(..don't like moths !!)
10 years ago.
 Dave Hilditch
Dave Hilditch
Beautiful details here, Janet. Looks great on the black background.
Have a great week ahead.
10 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
This is a superbly detailed macro, Janet. It would not be out of place in a book on moth identification.
10 years ago.
 Julien Rappaport
Julien Rappaport club
La photographie est belle .
10 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Fantastic capture!
10 years ago.
 Richard Nuttall
Richard Nuttall
Its a whopper -well caught , lovely shot with great detail
10 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
thats an amazing find

love your ABC images a lot
10 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
wish you a most beautiful week ahead:o)
10 years ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
Beautiful....

I love watching them come in to feed on the Moonflowers !
10 years ago.
 Don Sutherland
Don Sutherland club
Extraordinary capture.
10 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
D'une beauté extraordinaire avec ce magnifique fond..!
Bonne soiree.
10 years ago.
 PhLB - Luc Boonen
PhLB - Luc Boonen club
I can imagine the size could freighten people;
btw thx for your very nice comment Janet!
10 years ago.
 Jenny McIntyre
Jenny McIntyre club
I had one of these in my bedroom once and it was a bit of a shock, not expecting something that big to be fluttering around my bedside light. Still I did manage to take a quick picture of it, I'll have to dig it out.

This is an amazing picture and you have captured it in all its glory. Well done
10 years ago.
 Wierd Folkersma
Wierd Folkersma club
Beautifully detailed moth, sometimes they sit under the lamp at our frontdoor
10 years ago.
 Danielle
Danielle
OH !!!!!!! C'est vraiment splendide *************
10 years ago.
 Rita Guimaraes
Rita Guimaraes
So nice!
Really wonderful to know it (I´ve never seen before).
Thanks also for the informations.
10 years ago.
 Horizon 36
Horizon 36 club
WOW ....that's a huge one....brilliant shot..great shot....well done Janet.
10 years ago.
 Nora Caracci
Nora Caracci club
superb macro shot !!!
10 years ago.
 sasithorn_s
sasithorn_s
Excellent detailed hawk moth macro, Janet! Absolutely stunning!

Admired in : Exquisite Insects
10 years ago.
 sasithorn_s
sasithorn_s
Also admired in : Butterflies - Schmetterlinge - Papillon
10 years ago.
 H C
H C
What a beauty. You've captured some really fantastic detail in the moth. I saw my first hummingbird hawkmoth last year, and even maged to get a few shots of it, but not while it was sitting anywhere and not that good. I've got a couple of pics on flickr in an album of butterflies and insects.If you want to see them they are at
www.flickr.com/photos/24848163@N08/sets/72157627675727188
10 years ago.
 APEX
APEX
Magnifique
10 years ago.
 Eunice Perkins
Eunice Perkins club
Excellent capture! Sadly, I have a deep fear of moths and would have screamed and run away. Chris would have had to take it away outside.
10 years ago.
 vero
vero
une macro extraordinaire, magnifique ce papillon détails incroyables, une merveille,
bisous Véronique
10 years ago.
 Valfal
Valfal club
What an amazing capture, Janet! I don't know how you come across such brilliant subjects to shoot, but you find them! The detail on this moth is so exquisite; God's little work of art!
10 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
Blimey, I had to scroll down for half an hour to post this comment.............

What a brilliant find Janet! Such a beautiful creature, and it seems to have come to your to have it's portrait taken, rather than you having to go out hunting for it - how convenient. Do your advertise? lol..........

Anyway, your macro skills have not diminished at all, the detail you've captured is just amazing and the moth looks great on the black background. I love the symmetry of it's plumage (is that what you call it?) and the intricate patterns on it's wings! Cracking work :)
10 years ago.
 Eve
Eve
Excellent travail !
10 years ago.
 Edward Bowthorpe
Edward Bowthorpe
Beautifully taken,eddie,
10 years ago.
 Simone Maurel
Simone Maurel
wonderful picture ;have a nice week
10 years ago.
 Stormlizard
Stormlizard club
A Beautiful insect. We have several Hawk Moths the best known being the Privet Hawk Moth as its Lava feed on Privet and Lilac, the grubs being bright green with white and mauve side stripes they also have a horn on the tail which looks like, but is not a stinging needle.

On Okinawa I saw many of their "Humming bird moths" they are huge and make a lot of noise in flight.
10 years ago.
 Christiane ♥.•*¨`*•✿
Christiane ♥.•*¨`*•✿
HOW FANTASTIC !!!

Wish you a nice week end, Janet.
10 years ago.
 Bruno Suignard
Bruno Suignard
excellent!!!****************************
10 years ago.
 Sami Serola (inactive)
Sami Serola (inactiv… club
Beautiful =)
10 years ago.
 foto buff
foto buff
what book are you working on?? great photo.
10 years ago.
 Koko Nut
Koko Nut
what a terrific find!!! lucky you! and lucky us!! so beautiful!
10 years ago.
 Christel Ehretsmann
Christel Ehretsmann club
like a jewel, a brooch...
wonderful design on the wings...
how lucky you to have been able to see it...
6 years ago.

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