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Luna Moth
 

kzoopair 73M/71F
8614 posts
6/15/2015 9:10 am
Luna Moth
On the third of June we hiked in Al Sabo Preserve. It's getting hot and muggy so we aren't hiking as much. PD, Gracie and I are cool weather creatures and the heat and humidity wear us all out. Top that off with a bumper crop of deerfies this year and it takes some of the shine off a walk in the woods. Usually the biting flies don't become burdensome until late july or August, but they are her in force this summer already. We look for cooler days, and rainy days when it won't be as crowded with walkers and off road bikes- and the flies will be sheltering under leaves.

One of the last series of photos I took with my old Nikon Coolpix was that day, the third. I intended to take some closeups of a fern alongside the trail when I noticed something odd, and white, clinging to the back of one frond. It was a luna moth, its wings nearly translucent against the bright green fern. All the photos turned out well, but because of the moth's perch I could only shoot from a couple of effective angles. I regret now that I didn't pose my hand in a picture for size reference. The luna moth is four to six inches across, and you can see the outline of the fern through its paper thin wings.





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kzoopair 73M/71F
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6/15/2015 10:04 am

 Thanks Apollo!
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spunkycumfun 63M/69F
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6/15/2015 10:30 am

 I used to play in fern on a hill near where I grew up. The cuts on my hands from the fern leaves never stopped me diving in!


NaughtyInSO 113F
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6/15/2015 10:31 am

 I didn't know what a Luna Moth was until now... Great pictures!
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nightsoul1962 61F
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6/15/2015 10:49 am

 I love nature pictures ,and these are awesome!!!
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kzoopair 73M/71F
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6/15/2015 11:05 am
    Quoting NaughtyInSO:
    I didn't know what a Luna Moth was until now... Great pictures!
Thanks Pet! It was just luck- I've seen a few before, but what are the odds that I'd decide to pick that one fern in the whole forest? I loved the way it took on the green of the leaves. The wings are white, but thinner than paper.
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kzoopair 73M/71F
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6/15/2015 11:06 am
    Quoting nightsoul1962:
    I love nature pictures ,and these are awesome!!!
Thanks. I could hardly believe my luck in finding this. Everybody else thought I was nuts for being so excited.
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sweet_VM 65F
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6/15/2015 2:34 pm

 I like cooler months for hiking around too. Awesome shots there.. This camera is a keeper ! hugssssssssssss V
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kzoopair 73M/71F
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6/15/2015 5:35 pm
    Quoting  :
It's a very cool looking moth, large and quite delicate. I was lucky to find it! And thanks for visiting. Come back when you can stay a while.
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kzoopair 73M/71F
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6/15/2015 5:45 pm
    Quoting oral4ya765:
    I have missed several of your posts, not intentionally... they just did not show up for some reason in my feed. What a cool moth! I have a really neat picture of some kind of moth I found on a stepping stone. I will email it to you sometime. Two years ago we had a moth buzzing around the backyard that looked like a combination bumble bee and hummingbird... I looked it up but forget the name now. But it was around for quite awhile, or maybe there were several. Very bizarre though!!! And cool too! Great pics too!
I think you've left comments on all our recent stuff, my friend. I haven't posted for quite a while. PD wrote that piece "The Woman in the Well" a few years ago and it's been a favorite of mine. The woman in the well refers to the Samaritan woman at the well, from John 4: 4-26. Jews did not speak to pagans or Samaritans at that time, and Jesus asked her for a drink, and included her among the blessed.
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kzoopair 73M/71F
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6/15/2015 5:47 pm
    Quoting sweet_VM:
    I like cooler months for hiking around too. Awesome shots there.. This camera is a keeper ! hugssssssssssss V
So do we. It's more comfortable and nowhere near as crowded. I think I'm really going to like the camera. Thanks, V! Huggggggs back, B.
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kzoopair 73M/71F
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6/15/2015 5:50 pm
    Quoting mcmaniac:
    Wow! That thing is huge!
It is big, as big as my hand. I've seen some before, but the way this one was nearly translucent and took on the green of the forest was wonderful. I loved that I could make out the frond through the wings of the moth.
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kittyliquor519 59M
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6/15/2015 7:55 pm

 Always so awesome to see something spectacular like this and be able to capture it while leaving it free at the same time
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TicklePlease 56F  
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6/15/2015 8:34 pm

 They are the coolest moths I've ever seen! Thanks for sharing the pic!


kzoopair 73M/71F
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6/15/2015 8:44 pm
    Quoting kittyliquor519:
    Always so awesome to see something spectacular like this and be able to capture it while leaving it free at the same time
Isn't it though! I don't see very many luna moths and this one was special.
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kzoopair 73M/71F
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6/15/2015 8:45 pm
    Quoting Discretewizard:
    Deer Flies are early this year. Nice shots of the Luna!
Thanks! And yeah, the damn deerflies are murder this year! We had them in May. It was quite a disappointment.
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kzoopair 73M/71F
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6/15/2015 8:46 pm
    Quoting TicklePlease:
    They are the coolest moths I've ever seen! Thanks for sharing the pic!
Thanks for stopping by to visit. This time the bright light was attracted to the moth!
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canyaz 56F
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6/16/2015 3:40 am

 Beautiful find! I am always on the lookout for creatures and critters. Nice shots.
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KItkat1415 61F  
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6/16/2015 6:29 am

 Beautiful photos of the moth.
When I was in Costa Rica, the butterflies there were the same size as this moth or a bit bigger. For this deaf woman, to hear the flaps of those slow moving wings was a bit freaky indeed. I wonder if this moth's wings make a similar noise when flying about?
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kzoopair 73M/71F
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6/16/2015 8:23 am
    Quoting canyaz:
    Beautiful find! I am always on the lookout for creatures and critters. Nice shots.
Thanks! In a way you make your own luck by keeping your eyes open- but I felt very lucky to see it.
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kzoopair 73M/71F
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6/16/2015 8:24 am
    Quoting  :
Thanks Sassy! Size DOES matter!
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kzoopair 73M/71F
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6/16/2015 8:28 am
    Quoting KItkat1415:
    Beautiful photos of the moth.
    When I was in Costa Rica, the butterflies there were the same size as this moth or a bit bigger. For this deaf woman, to hear the flaps of those slow moving wings was a bit freaky indeed. I wonder if this moth's wings make a similar noise when flying about?
    Kk
I can't recall having seen one in motion- every one I've noticed has been at rest. I'm glad you mentioned Costa Rica because it occurs to me that the tropic are where we expect such exotic creatures. Around here it's a bit rare.
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smartasswoman 66F  
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6/17/2015 8:14 pm

 Spectacular!


kzoopair 73M/71F
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6/17/2015 8:57 pm

 Thanks! It's a beautiful creature!
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