Giant Leopard Moth
by Karen Adams
Title
Giant Leopard Moth
Artist
Karen Adams
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Digital Prints - Photography
Description
I was watering my plants in the front yard and began cleaning the porch. I was deep in thought and trying to get this chore done quickly. I am picturing a voice from above desperately trying to get my attention to look up and SEE! As usual, it probably took a lot of that quiet yelling before I finally stopped and just took a moment . . . and then I saw it. This stunning piece of natural artwork was sitting there on the brick wall very still, just waiting for me to notice. When I did, I am pretty sure I let out a tiny gasp of delight. After a brief moment to observe the lovely black and white pattern on this 2" moth, I ran into the house to grab my camera. He was resting up by my front porch light so I had to get a stool and try to balance very carefully between the stool and my porch bench to get as close as possible and at just the right angle. Isn't he a beauty? If you look very carefully there are tiny flecks of iridescent blue on some of the black spots on the 'head.'
This moth is a member of the Erebidae, and the subfamily: Arctiinae.
A Giant leopard moth is easy to recognized by the white wings with hollow bluish black spots on the forewings and black shading along inner margins and terminal spots near apex of the hindwings. The wings tend to become translucent toward outer margins with wear so I am guessing this to be a fairly young one. It is called a giant because it is around two inches long with a wing span of 2 1/4" to 3 1/2".
I am constantly amazed at the care taken in the creation of each creature on this Earth and the love with which they are decorated and made unique. I am very concerned with our environment and have decided to donate any money I make from any sales of this image to the ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND.....because the Earth needs a good lawyer! We all need to speak up and support efforts to protect our environment. We will not get a second chance!
Thank you so much for looking at my images. I appreciate that very much. I will be loading several versions of this image soon and I hope you will look for all of those in my Series Collection!
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Thank you so much to the administrators of the following groups for featuring Giant Leopard Moth on their group home page:
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Out of the Ordinary
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June 10th, 2017
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Comments (42)
Robyn King 12 Days Ago
Congratulations your amazing artwork is being featured in Over 5000 Views:-) Please take a moment to add your beautiful art to our archives in the message area and have a wonderful day!
Karen Adams 28 Days Ago
Gayle, thanks so much for the feature on The Amazing Butterflies, Birds and Pretty Small Insects group home page
Aurelio Zucco
Wow! What an unusual find...beautiful shot, Karen...awesome details! And I love your description... L/F
Anne Gifford
This must have been incredible to see, and I haven't even seen a photograph of one .... thank you for sharing the beauty.
Greta Foose
I have never seen one of these, thank you so much for noticing and for capturing this beautiful image.
LaVonne Kennedy
I love what you wrote …yes there is One who has created such wonderful thigs and through the beauty and wonder around us we can better get to know and love the giver of these perfect gifts ! Thank you for sharing this !
Dora Stork
I'm in awe of this butterfly and the close-up capture! Thanks for adding me to your watchlist, followed back :)
Noah Johnson
Karen this is a beautiful creature! I am so glad you were able to capture this picture to share with the world!
William Dunigan
Nice capture Karen, certainly a wild pattern to those wings. Really beautiful, more so than if it had been printed for clothing!
Karen Adams replied:
Have to agree with you, William . . . as hard as humans may try . . we are always beaten by the beauty of this world