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Yardenman
May 9, 2017 5:19 AM CST
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Name: Yardenman
Maryland (Zone 7a)
I wasn't looking for this picture. I was just standing in the yard when something odd was in my peripheral vision.

Imagine my surprise when I finally tracked the movement settled on a plant!
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Garden10
May 16, 2017 2:48 PM CST
Name: Abbey
Eastern New York State (Zone 6a)
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Yardenman said:I wasn't looking for this picture.


Yeah, yeah, that's what everyone says! Hilarious! That's a great shot, but boy, you've got to feel sorry for them...

Where is @GrammaChar when you need her??
"Every now and then I leave the book on the seat and go and have a refreshing potter among my flower beds from which I return greatly benefited, and with a more just conception of what is worth bothering about, and what is not." The Solitary Summer -- Elizabeth von Arnim
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McCannon
May 16, 2017 7:57 PM CST
Name: Mac
Still here (Zone 6a)
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Cat Lover Region: Ukraine Birds Hummingbirder Butterflies Frogs and Toads
Vermiculture Critters Allowed Vegetable Grower Canning and food preservation Annuals Morning Glories
That's pretty neat @Yardenman. Some of them are quite striking. We spotted a large hawkmoth here last year, probably 3 to 3-1/2" long, and we found several hawkmoth pupae when we were digging potatoes.
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Yardenman
May 17, 2017 9:21 PM CST
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Name: Yardenman
Maryland (Zone 7a)
Well, it does help to always have a small digital camera in your pocket...

And I love the hawkmoths. They are neat to watch. I never saw one before I noticed one at a nursery and asked the staff about them.

Then, knowing of them, I saw them all around my gardens. You have to know what to look for to see it sometimes...
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tx_flower_child
May 17, 2017 10:06 PM CST
Name: tfc
North Central TX (Zone 8a)
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Yardenman said:I wasn't looking for this picture.

and then @Garden10 commented, 'Yeah, yeah, that's what everyone says!'

I say 'To each his own.'

But dang! No, make that a double dang! That's one heckuva really cool picture!
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Yardenman
May 17, 2017 10:12 PM CST
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Name: Yardenman
Maryland (Zone 7a)
tx_flower_child said:
and then @Garden10 commented, 'Yeah, yeah, that's what everyone says!'

I say 'To each his own.'

But dang! No, make that a double dang! That's one heckuva really cool picture!


Thank you! The picture was ignored for 7 days, so I thought maybe everyone had a picture like that and it was "ho-hum".

Now it seems it was a good one. I tip my hat to you.
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McCannon
May 17, 2017 10:21 PM CST
Name: Mac
Still here (Zone 6a)
Ex zones 4b, 8b, 9a, 9b
Cat Lover Region: Ukraine Birds Hummingbirder Butterflies Frogs and Toads
Vermiculture Critters Allowed Vegetable Grower Canning and food preservation Annuals Morning Glories
About 200 genera, roughly 1,450 species https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

This one showed up in my yard last year.
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Slava Ukraini!

The aboriginal peoples and many cultures throughout the world share a common respect for nature and the universe, and all of the life that it holds. We could learn much from them!
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Yardenman
May 17, 2017 10:28 PM CST
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Name: Yardenman
Maryland (Zone 7a)
McCannon said:About 200 genera, roughly 1,450 species https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

This one showed up in my yard last year.
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Is it the apparent face on the upper front?
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McCannon
May 17, 2017 10:35 PM CST
Name: Mac
Still here (Zone 6a)
Ex zones 4b, 8b, 9a, 9b
Cat Lover Region: Ukraine Birds Hummingbirder Butterflies Frogs and Toads
Vermiculture Critters Allowed Vegetable Grower Canning and food preservation Annuals Morning Glories
This one had a face. Some have faces, some have other patterns. I don't have the links handy but some photographers take pictures of them exclusively. Some are quite beautiful.
Slava Ukraini!

The aboriginal peoples and many cultures throughout the world share a common respect for nature and the universe, and all of the life that it holds. We could learn much from them!
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McCannon
May 17, 2017 11:16 PM CST
Name: Mac
Still here (Zone 6a)
Ex zones 4b, 8b, 9a, 9b
Cat Lover Region: Ukraine Birds Hummingbirder Butterflies Frogs and Toads
Vermiculture Critters Allowed Vegetable Grower Canning and food preservation Annuals Morning Glories
Here's a few links that show these beautiful creatures. Some links have pics of their pupal and caterpillar stages.
http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/...

http://www.gettyimages.com/pho...

http://www.istockphoto.com/pho...

This link contains photos of the Hummingbird Hawkmoth exclusively:
http://www.arkinspace.com/2013...
Slava Ukraini!

The aboriginal peoples and many cultures throughout the world share a common respect for nature and the universe, and all of the life that it holds. We could learn much from them!
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Altheabyanothername
May 22, 2017 7:20 PM CST
Name: Sharon Rose
Grapevine, TX (Zone 8a)
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McCannon
Jun 3, 2017 11:00 PM CST
Name: Mac
Still here (Zone 6a)
Ex zones 4b, 8b, 9a, 9b
Cat Lover Region: Ukraine Birds Hummingbirder Butterflies Frogs and Toads
Vermiculture Critters Allowed Vegetable Grower Canning and food preservation Annuals Morning Glories
We just got home from our 10pm Wally run and found this hawkmoth hanging on the wall next to our front door. I haven't tried to identify it yet.
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Slava Ukraini!

The aboriginal peoples and many cultures throughout the world share a common respect for nature and the universe, and all of the life that it holds. We could learn much from them!
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jmorth
Jun 4, 2017 1:05 PM CST
central Illinois
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I've pics of at least 4 kinds found in our garden and one from a state park nearby.
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The other one was a green one, couldn't find pic (yet).
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