Sitting pretty by cfulton

Photography • Insects • posted on Nov 24, 2010

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I came across a whole lot of these insects flying around at Flamingo Vlei the other day. This one was sipping perfectly on one of my favourite Sour Fig flowers. Have a great day! Clive Thanks to Bill it is confirmed that is one of the Ctenuchidae Family; Handmaiden Moth. They fly and forage during the day.

Comments (23)

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jayfar

6:56AM | Wed, 24 November 2010

Very beautiful and well captured Clive.

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efron_241

6:59AM | Wed, 24 November 2010

winter arrived.. they are all gone

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durleybeachbum

7:30AM | Wed, 24 November 2010

What a glorious beast! Flamboyant or what!

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Dreamingbee

7:31AM | Wed, 24 November 2010

this is great shot Clive !

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tennesseecowgirl

7:32AM | Wed, 24 November 2010

Beautiful, love the vibrant colors.

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Rhanagaz

7:53AM | Wed, 24 November 2010

Wonderful capture! ,o)

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MrsRatbag

8:43AM | Wed, 24 November 2010

How exotic and lovely, both the flower and the insect! Great find and capture!

MrsLubner

9:00AM | Wed, 24 November 2010

Stellar! I've never seen one like this. The clarity is marvelous.

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Crabbycabby

9:26AM | Wed, 24 November 2010

Wow, colourful creature.

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GiMi53

9:29AM | Wed, 24 November 2010

Extra-ordinary beautiful insect, very well captured ! :~)

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awjay

9:49AM | Wed, 24 November 2010

wowwww...i love his team strip..

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auntietk

11:10AM | Wed, 24 November 2010

What a beautifully crisp and detailed image! Wow. And that is one stunning critter. If you showed that to me here, I'd think you'd painted those stripes. (Actually, I've just spent the last five minutes trying to figure the resistor value and tolerance of this little guy!) LOL!

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flora-crassella

11:15AM | Wed, 24 November 2010

very pretty picture!!!!!!!!!!

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NightGallery

1:19PM | Wed, 24 November 2010

Very nice shot. A Clear-wing moth of some sorts? Great looking insect and photo.

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bmac62

3:06PM | Wed, 24 November 2010

A beauty Clive. Googled around and found a very similar creature. Here's the info I found: According to Phil Nixon from the Entomology Dept. at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, these are day-flying moths, order Ctenuchidae. One I found appeared to have yellow spots where yours has white...so who knows for sure:)

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