Darth Vader

One of my favourite moths, the delicate and beautiful Swallowtail doing a reasonably threatening impersonation of Darth Vader. As they age and lose scales these pretty insects look more and more like thin tissue paper.
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[FBailey]

Wow - impeccable shot!

[Lesley Aldridge]

Excellent macro

[Jesika]

@fbailey The HX1 was a lovely little camera, it really liked mothing and I liked the way it liked it. We produced some pretty decent pics, little HX1 & I
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[Jesika]

@countrylassie Thank you, Lesley. It always helps if you have a willing subject and moths are usually pretty agreeable
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[Paul]

Wow! Nice shot of this guy! It looks a little menacing. Kinda like one of those sci fi movies.

[Jesika]

@pej Thank you, Paul, it's a very pretty pale lemon yellow moth but from this angle and with the lighting does indeed look a bit menacing.
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[kali]

brilliant closeup

[Beryl Lloyd]

Superb close-up !

[JoeV]

Wow, very cool shot.

[Milanie]

Super close-up

[KoalaGardens🐨]

ha, that's so great :)

[Jesika]

@kali66 @beryl @joev @milaniet @koalagardens Thank you all. They are the most beautiful and elegant moths. I eagerly await their mass eclosion in July.
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[Hazel]

Fav for an amazing shot!

[Jesika]

@quietpurplehaze Thank you very much, that's kind
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[Anne Pancella]

Wow! Interesting shot. I thought it was a bat at first.

[Korcsog Károly]

Super shot!

[Jesika]

@annepann @kork Thank you both. I really like to photograph butterflies & moths from this angle,
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