The Bumblebee Moth
I like taking pictures of bugs. They're a fascinating reminder that alien creatures are all around us. We don't have to find extraterrestrial life to see the bizarre paths that life can take on its multitude of evolutionary paths.
I always keep my eye open for dark spots on leaves and branches ... as I'm always hoping to get glimpse of some new creature. If I don't have my camera on hand, I'm almost leary about seeing a new bug, for I'll be depressed to not capture it on film.
These images are of bumblebee moths. They like the nectar in thistle flowers. These neat creatures come out on nice sunny days, and you can easily mistake them for bumblebees or even hummingbirds.
The bottom four pictures show a the bumblebee moth being devoured by the yellow crab spiders that wait in ambush around the heads of thistle blooms.
I took these photographs at Darby Creek in the late summer of 1999. These photos were captured on film ... most of my images these days are digital.
This is just the first of several insect & spider pages I'll be posting.
I always keep my eye open for dark spots on leaves and branches ... as I'm always hoping to get glimpse of some new creature. If I don't have my camera on hand, I'm almost leary about seeing a new bug, for I'll be depressed to not capture it on film.
These images are of bumblebee moths. They like the nectar in thistle flowers. These neat creatures come out on nice sunny days, and you can easily mistake them for bumblebees or even hummingbirds.
The bottom four pictures show a the bumblebee moth being devoured by the yellow crab spiders that wait in ambush around the heads of thistle blooms.
I took these photographs at Darby Creek in the late summer of 1999. These photos were captured on film ... most of my images these days are digital.
This is just the first of several insect & spider pages I'll be posting.
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Copyright © 2002-2009 by Shawn Olson.
A bumblebee moth looking for nectar in the flower of a blooming thistle.
A bumblebee moth looking for nectar in the flower of a blooming thistle.
A bumblebee moth looking for nectar in the flower of a blooming thistle.
A bumblebee moth looking for nectar in the flower of a blooming thistle is captured by a yellow crab spider.
A bumblebee moth looking for nectar in the flower of a blooming thistle is captured by a yellow crab spider.
A bumblebee moth looking for nectar in the flower of a blooming thistle is captured by a yellow crab spider.
A bumblebee moth looking for nectar in the flower of a blooming thistle is captured by a yellow crab spider.
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