A little moth closeup

Mike.P® · 18-10-2008, 9:45 AM

Decided (after a bit of input from Johnalex on another thread) that this is a moth and not a butterfly. Anyway he was sitting on the flower when I took the dog out yesterday and I had my camera with me so ...

jomike · 18-10-2008, 10:32 AM

Nice pics Mike.

This is definitely a butterfly. You can tell by the feelers, butterflies have thin ones, moths have feathery ones. It is a member of the Lycaenidae family, I think.

Mike.P® · 18-10-2008, 11:17 AM

Cheers for the info, have renamed all my files (again).

Decided this may be a better crop than the first.

johnaalex · 18-10-2008, 1:14 PM

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Originally Posted by jomike

This is definitely a butterfly. You can tell by the feelers, butterflies have thin ones, moths have feathery ones. It is a member of the Lycaenidae family, I think.

Sorry

Mike.P® · 18-10-2008, 4:21 PM

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Originally Posted by johnaalex

Sorry

So you should be, I had to rename THREE files because of you ... TWICE

johnaalex · 18-10-2008, 4:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike.P®

So you should be, I had to rename THREE files because of you ... TWICE

But on the up side it took your mind off of your mossie bites!

Mike.P® · 18-10-2008, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by johnaalex

But on the up side it took your mind off of your mossie bites!

What mossie bites?

**senu** · 18-10-2008, 10:40 PM

Mosquito bites??

Im guessing here

Mike.P® · 18-10-2008, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by senu

Mosquito bites??

Im guessing here

And there was me thinking you had to read every post

**senu** · 18-10-2008, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike.P®

And there was me thinking you had to read every post

Absolutely not ..we have a machine for that..

Sadly it breaks down a lot.. and then I do have to!

**Steven** · 18-10-2008, 11:08 PM

Impressive shots

How close do you get? I am always wary that I am enough of a dunce to one day damage my lens

Mike.P® · 19-10-2008, 9:28 AM

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Originally Posted by LFC_SL

Impressive shots

How close do you get? I am always wary that I am enough of a dunce to one day damage my lens

Thanks, I actually think the last crop is my best photo in the 6 months or so that I have had a DSLR.
For something like a butterfly that is easily scared off I normally take a series of shots, gradually moving closer until they fly off.
I was lucky with this one as it kept going but then returned to the same flower so I could alter my angle each time.
These were taken from about a metre away with a 90mm macro lens and then cropped but he was a tiny little thing to start with (which is why I thought John was correct with his moth identification).

gpa · 19-10-2008, 1:09 PM

3rd one is a belter

keep em comming.