Snowberry Clearwing Hummingbird Moth

Thank you all for taking the time to view my photos! Your comments and thoughts mean so much! You teach, encourage, push me to want to know more about photography and the subjects in them.You make me laugh and really uplift my day. Thanks and I hope you have a blessed Sunday!

[Laura]

Excellent detail.

[Aleksander]

That's a big beast :) sharp body with movement in the wings and nice backlit in it's "straw". Very nice shot! :)

[KAL]

@lauraandthepack Thanks Laura!

[KAL]

@keloxius Aleksander, Thanks for the encouraging comments! Just so you can have perspective, this moth was about two inches long. My crop may make him look larger.

[Al Bailey]

Fabulous capture! love the little bit of sparkly blue above its eye (view large!)
Has to be a fav :D

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Cathy]

Fav! Wonderful close up of this fascinating insect... I did not know the formal name... just called them beeflies... beautifully captured!

[Victoria Boyd]

Oh, I've only ever seen one of these in my whole life - great capture!

[Nancy]

Beautiful shot.

[Cheri]

Wow - great detail

[paula365]

i took about 500 pictures of hummingbird moths this weekend......haha. they are hard to catch and get a good background. You did both!! fav!

[Marley Ks]

WOW ! and again WoW!

[KAL]

@willowdragon Thanks so much Al, I looked at it large after you pointed out the sparkle! I appreciate the fav too!

[KAL]

@bkbinthecity Thanks so much!

[KAL]

@calm Thank you Cathy! They do look like a bee fly! Haha! Thanks also for the fav

[KAL]

@victoriaboyd Thanks so much! I never saw them before this year because now I am looking closer at everything.

[KAL]

@nbs Thank you Nancy!

[KAL]

@linc Thank you Cheri!

[KAL]

@paula365 Thanks so much Paula! I know what you mean. i have been photographing these moths for days and something would always be wrong with it when I looked on the computer. I really appreciate your encouragement and fav.

[KAL]

@x1nij Thank you Marley!

[Tremerryn]

Amazing capture well done!

[Deanna Russell]

Impressive! fav

[Nita]

Wonderful, wonderful, great detail.

[Paul "Snapchap" Everest]

Wow! What an amazing shot.

[Quentin]

Nice one.

[Dawn Moder]

Perfect shot!

[joey d.Muli]

A strange looking beauty-fav:)

[colie (Nichole Stewart)]

So cool! great clarity and close up

[Paula Stuart]

Great shot. I've never seen one of these before.