Hummingbird Moth

[Jay Sheinfield]

About half the size of a humming bird. Never heard of this insect before.

Nikon D3s
ISO 1600
1/1600 sec @ f5.6

This fella never flew above the low ground cover and flora so getting a clean BG was not in the cards. Thought you might enjoy this new bug!

This is no work of art, I just did quick PP to post. :)

Comments welcome..........

[Ken Childs]

Very cool, Jay!
What you have here is a White-lined Sphinx Moth.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Jay,
Very cool indeed. Yeah....the macro HAP is present.....but given the cool new species and the VG wing blur.....I'm debating a pass for the HAP! For effort and degree of difficulty.....you get high marks so thanks for sharing this new one for me!

[Dave Leroy]

A very interesting looking moth and well done on the exposure.

Good for you.

[Desmond Chan]

Nice fine and thank for sharing !!

[Charissa]

Nice angle and detail. Like the patterns on the moth.