Sphinx Moth by afugatt

Fractal • Fractal • posted on Aug 14, 2008

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I was in my backyard this afternoon and noticed something on the grass. When I investigated I found three beautiful moth wings. Don't know what happened to the fourth wing or the moth. I brought them inside and googled sphinx moths and found the one that matches the wings. They belong to a Manduca quinquemaculata, commonly known as a five-spotted hawkmoth. The colors and textures of this fractal remind me of those gorgeous wings. uf

Comments (21)

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magnus073

9:29PM | Thu, 14 August 2008

This is so cool Anne and I love the background you gave us on how you came up with the Sphinx Moth image. Great job as always my friend :)

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three_grrr

9:35PM | Thu, 14 August 2008

This is gorgeous! I had to go google hawkmoth, and guess what the larva are? Those great big caterpillars that you often find on tomato plants, and many people kill because they love to eat tomato plants!! I'm gonna yell at everyone I know that kills these caterpillars from now!! Who knew they turned into such beautiful creatures???

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DreamersWish

10:01PM | Thu, 14 August 2008

Totally a beautiful image! Gorgeous textures and rich beautiful colors! Now I would love to see one in person.

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schonee

10:19PM | Thu, 14 August 2008

Cool...I love the colors and design is great!

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clydedough

12:24AM | Fri, 15 August 2008

Has a sence of flight!

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leanndra

12:32AM | Fri, 15 August 2008

Amazing and beautiful Anne

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Fractelaar

1:05AM | Fri, 15 August 2008

Goodone, very actionfull

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Juliette.Gribnau

1:31AM | Fri, 15 August 2008

oh my.. you realy are a spiral-specialist !

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algra

3:19AM | Fri, 15 August 2008

Beautiful spiral work!

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carlx

6:02AM | Fri, 15 August 2008

Very cool!!!

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CarolSassy

6:37AM | Fri, 15 August 2008

Moth wings, huh? Well, they're very lovely! Fantastic frac! (:

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daffodilbaggins

8:40AM | Fri, 15 August 2008

Very well done, and we've got those moths around here, too! They really are quite something, aren't they! Nicely done, Anne!

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missouri

10:36AM | Fri, 15 August 2008

We have hummingbird moths here, same thing, I think. They love moonflowers and nicitania, I know. Yes, they are the same thing as the Tomato or Tobacco Hornworm in the larvae state. Your spiral is much prettier than any insect, lovely though they may be. Gorgeous work.

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