Hummingbird hawkmoth, Shanghai, China.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

(unranked): Macrolepidoptera

Superfamily: Bombycoidea

Family: Sphingidae

Hummingbird hawkmoth

 

I had been going to the same spot for the last 2 weekends trying to shoot this Moth, somehow, it flaps the wings so fast that I had to use such high shutter speed, resulting in high ISO, which creates noise and lack of saturated colors. I may have to visit the Moth again. I was just not happy with the result.

 

It seems to be the butterfly stroke used in swimming.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphingidae

 

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