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Diese interessante Larve hat sich am Nektar der Margeritte gütlich getan.. Bei diesem Stack waren nur wenige Korrekturen nötig, trotz Störungen durch Wind und Bewegungen der Larve. Aufnahme bei 1:1.
Stack aus 80 Bildern. OMD EM1-II, M.Zuiko 60mm Makro.

im Flug

Death's-head hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos)
Due to its striking markings, the death's-head hawkmoth has long been regarded as a harbinger of doom. The hawkmoth made a Hollywood career in Jonathan Demme's film adaptation of Thomas Harris' novel “The Silence of the Lambs” (1988), which premiered in 1991.
Exhibits in the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Hesse, Germany 26.04.2025
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acherontia_atropos#External_links
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNeQm5aqrHo&list=PLZbXA4lyCtq...

Cinema - Das Schweigen der Lämmer
Totenkopfschwärmer (Acherontia atropos)
Aufgrund seiner auffälligen Zeichnung galt der Totenkopfschwärmer schon lange als Überbringer des Unheils. Hollywoodkarriere machte der Schwärmer in Jonathan Demmes 1991 uraufgeführten Verfilmung des Romans von Thomas Harris 'Das Schweigen der Lämmer' (1988).
Präparate im Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Hessen, Deutschland 26.04.2025
lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Acherontia_Atropos#Lebendfotos-Fa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj3RonfgZHE

Also on iNaturalist www.inaturalist.org/observations/269151119

A damselfly that is associated with waterside trees where they can be often seen hanging with their wings spread wide. Females will lay their eggs into incisions in the bark of over hanging branches, which can often be willow, hence the name - Willow Emerald Damselfly.

Papilio memnon, the great Mormon, is a large butterfly native to southern Asia that belongs to the swallowtail family. It is widely distributed and has thirteen subspecies. The female is polymorphic and with mimetic forms.

This was taken at Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve, Tai Po, Hong Kong.

Fung Yuen Valley has been listed as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) since 1980 to reflect "its importance as a major breeding site for butterflies". The protected area covers approximately 43 hectares. Within this area, the Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve was set up on 2 hectares of private land in 2005 by the Tai Po Environmental Association through the funding from the Environment and Conservation Fund.

stacking of 5762 exposures
(stitching of 19 parts)
Venus Laowa 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5x ultra macro
ISO 100
1 sec
original size (15376 x 23993)

This image is included in a gallery "Dragonflies" curated by Radoslav Besenyi.

The tau emerald is a medium-sized, black and yellow dragonfly with long legs, reaching a body length of about 50 mm. As is unique to dragonfly and mayfly species, H. tau has flight muscles attached directly to the wings, and in both the males and females the inboard edge of the hindwing is rounded. The 7th abdominal tergum is extensively black above and yellowish at the sides. The top of the frons are yellow with a dark T-mark. The species exhibits a linear relationship between head width and body length.

Nearly all of the dragonfly's head is eye, allowing incredible vision that encompasses almost every angle except right behind them. H. tau has a particularly large and well developed compound eye with two principal regions, the dorsal eye and the ventral eye. The dorsal eye is principally sensitive to short wavelength light, while the ventral eye has 3 or more spectral types of photo-receptors.

H. tau is found in all parts of Australia except northern Queensland and north-western Western Australia and is one of Australia's most abundant dragonflies. It is considered a dry-country dragon fly, often inhabiting the arid Australian inland. The adults are vagrants and highly opportunistic users of habitat for breeding.

The Australian Emerald Dragonflies female and male look the same and have the same colours. Their eyes colour change from brown to emerald when mature. This appears to be a young adult - resting (camouflaging) in plain sight.