David Element
Wildlife
Photography and Digital Video Images
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Moths 10 – Broad-bordered Bee Hawk Moths
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
BROAD-BORDERED
BEE HAWK MOTH Hemaris fuciformis
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from the subject of the first photograph, taken in Brittany, these
splendid Broad-bordered
Bee Hawk Moths Hemaris
fuciformis (Sphingidae,
Macroglossinae) were found in the Vendée, France, where this species in common. These
moths are diurnal, and they are illustrated here doing what they do best,
namely hovering at flowers and feeding on nectar with their long probosces. After emergence their wings are fully
covered in scales, but these are shed from the transparent areas soon
afterwards and it doesn’t take long for other scales to be lost,
particularly from the thorax, as they feed. To be honest any resemblance
to a bumble bee is rather tenuous! There are slight differences in the
feeding techniques of the Broad-bordered Bee Hawk Moth which steadies
itself by placing its front feet on a flower as it feeds and the Hummingbird
Hawk Moth Macroglossum stellatarum which makes no contact. A variety
of settings was used, with some photographs having been taken at high ISO
settings to freeze the rapid wing movements.
·
David’s short film of Broad-bordered Bee Hawk Moths feeding on
Water Mint Mentha aquatica may be seen here: https://youtu.be/PjQAlGS9jKE .
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