Actias Luna (Luna Moth) Larva

Date August 26, 2008

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a photo of Actias Luna (Luna moth)

Actias Luna, better known as a Luna Moth, climbs up a camelia tree in search of the nearby sweetgum leaves.

Actias Luna

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6 Responses to “Actias Luna (Luna Moth) Larva”

  1. Mike Goad said:

    Nice! Great depth of field!

    Mike Goad’s last blog post: A Very Long Driveway

    pete says

    Thanks, it’s the macro setting on my camera. Great way to get real close and blur out the background.

  2. Chica said:

    Ok now everything is back to normal, I must have been seeing things.. lol

    Great photo. Must have been with the Sony. If It was a camera phone, I’ll fall to the floor right now. :)

    pete says

    Yep, it’s the Sony. I wish the camera phone took pics like this.

  3. Believe. Act. Achieve! - dcr Blogs dot Com » Blog Archive » On Gossamer Wings, The Moon’s Fluttering Beauty said:

    [...] combining Pete’s negative week with his distrustful brain, here you can see the adult Luna Moth, perched on a black walnut tree, possibly in search of a [...]

  4. dcr said:

    Great shot! I’ve got an interesting shot today too… ;-)
    dcr’s last blog post: On Gossamer Wings, The Moon’s Fluttering Beauty

  5. nangents said:

    dude, did she live?
    xxn

    pete says

    This was a different one. The one we caught didn’t look so hot after three days so I let it go.

  6. Debo Hobo said:

    First wow you took that with your camera phone, and secondly gross you got that close to it. Yikes!

    Debo Hobo’s last blog post: Can You Cut A Mean Rug?

    pete says

    Ah, wrong blog, this was taken with a standard Sony H3 digital camera. But thanks anyway. :)

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