hastingsmothman , Part 2:
Fuzzy faces:
Another ELEPHANT HAWK-MOTH came to visit, as did a mint FIGURE OF EIGHTY - a remarkably marked moth.
As as well as the conventional shots, I wanted to show you their cute fuzzy faces. The EHM in particular has the most elegant colouring and shape from above, yet the goofiest of cross-eyed faces. 😅 Adorable.
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Front on shot of elephant hawk moth. Two think feathered antennae extend left and right from a bright olive green head. It has two close set, bright green eyes, fuchsia pink cheeks and fuchsia pink palps which fade to a light yellow and almost resemble goofy teeth. Four legs grip a finger. The close set eyes and palps give it an appearance of being cross-eyed.
Overhead shot of triangular moth, largely buff brown with a band edged in black stretching from wing edge to wing edge. In the band, at each wing edge is a stigmata in white which very clearly resembles the number 80.
Face on shot of Figure of Eighty moth. Two thick antennae extend from a grey-brown furry head. Two close set black eyes are either side of a set of palps that start grey-brown but fade to off white at the end. It's underneath is furry white-grey. Stripey legs grip an eggbox