Sphinx Moth
This is a beautiful moth I photographed in my garden yesterday. Its presence was discovered by my daughter Vaishnavi, who urged me to take this shot. This moth was about 2 1/2 inches long and was lying on a leaf, quite camouflaged deep inside dwarf palm tree plants.
I later identified the species with the help of my close friend Mr.Jayaram, who is also a Macro Photographer and an expert taxonomist.
The moth is a common Hawk / Sphinx Moth and its scientific name is Daphnis nerii and its common name is ” Oleander Moth”. This particular specimen probably, just emerged. Its favorite food plant is ” Nerium Oleander”. In our native language ” Tamil ” we call this plant as “ARALI”. The flowers of this plant are regarded as having high spiritual significance in the temples.
Moths are Insects and they are active during nights. It gets easily attracted by lights and it is interesting to see them circling the lights during nights. Most of them are nocturnal. But a few species are diurnal and crepuscular.
Like bird watching, watching Butterflies and Moths is known as butterflying and mothing.
Taken with Canon 1Ds Mark III with canon 100mm Macro. Used 580Ex flash with an off shoe camera cord.
its jst beautiful Srini….i luvd it….
Vivek
23 Oct 09 at 10:07 pm
beautiful shot sir! first time i’m seeing this type of moth,tfs
samsoncj
24 Oct 09 at 12:00 am
Fantastic photo Srini, amazing macro, and what colours !!!!
Jelena
24 Oct 09 at 2:42 am
Excellent details. Waiting to see more..Chees
Ramesh
ramesh
25 Oct 09 at 6:04 pm
Wonderful shot of this beautiful Oleander Moth….lovely colors and details on its wings……the darkish BG enhances the beauty of this image……
Sumon Sinha
27 Oct 09 at 6:38 pm
Awsome !!! Speechless.
Tusshar Naidu
27 Oct 09 at 6:39 pm
Very outstanding capture!
Donna
27 Oct 09 at 6:47 pm
Superb colours..nice shot sir.Manogar
n.manogar
27 Oct 09 at 6:53 pm
awesome capture…
Vijay
27 Oct 09 at 7:10 pm
Its fantastic with unbelievable detail
Saurav
27 Oct 09 at 7:47 pm
Dear Sir! Awesome capture….damn Nice….
Regards
Vinoth
Vinoth
27 Oct 09 at 7:54 pm
Excellent shot Sreeniji !!! I think its a rare one. Very colorful moth. Mostly i think moths are dull colored, right ?
Thank you …
vinod kumar M
27 Oct 09 at 8:35 pm
great shot!
But just 20% marks to you…The Remaining 80% to ur Daughter!!!!!
Stephen Styris
27 Oct 09 at 9:09 pm
It’s a really good image, keep up the good work!
Sriram
27 Oct 09 at 11:51 pm
Amazing capture….a super sharp picture.
Thanks for sharing
Dr Ciju P Cherian
28 Oct 09 at 7:09 am
spectacular!!! I would like to undergo training under you. Pl give appointment
REgards
Ravi@ananthakrishnan
Ananthakrishnan @ Ravi,Dindigul
28 Oct 09 at 12:26 pm
superb shot…
sunder
28 Oct 09 at 6:38 pm
Wow… lovely sir…..
Saravanan S
29 Oct 09 at 7:12 am
Colors, details, and the Background…Stunning shot Sir,
Murali
29 Oct 09 at 2:39 pm
Such clarity. A very beautiful capture. It seems like an African mask with the eyes (not the actual one but the black dot like eyes below). Fantastic……..
Uma
31 Oct 09 at 10:54 am
Amazing shot!
pg.nanda
31 Oct 09 at 3:55 pm
Magnificent capture of an amazing creature, Srini. it looks like a face on its back.
Bob Davis
18 Nov 09 at 11:54 am