There were thousands upon thousands of these all over the park by the lake this past weekend. From afar they just look like purple-winged moths, about and inch or two long. It's only when you get closer up that you see their orange heads and iridescent abdomens (I think that's the abdomen - below the head). They spend most of their time in the air, and if they're perched they will flit off once you get closer than about 2 or 3 feet, so I didn't get as many good shots as I'd have liked. This one was one of the better ones:
http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/moth.html Hope you enjoy. The insect-catching birds certainly enjoyed; they were having a field day! Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
