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C'est un petit papillon brun beige au corps trapu. Le Moro-sphinx possède une très longue trompe pour butiner les fleurs, souvent violettes, bleues ou blanches, en vol stationnaire à la manière des oiseaux-mouches. Il butine généralement le nectar des fleurs que les autres insectes ne peuvent atteindre. Il affectionne les sauges, les lavandes.
Photo prise dans la réserve des Barails à Bordeaux (ex parc floral)
Voyageant vite et loin, le Moro-sphinx est un très grand migrateur pouvant faire des pointes jusqu’à 55 km/h. Il peut parcourir des distances allant jusqu’à 3 000 km depuis l’Afrique du Nord, là où il hiverne, jusqu’à l’Europe du Nord. Cette capacité migratoire est très impressionnante quand on sait que le Moro-sphinx mesure seulement 4 centimètres !
Traveling fast and far, the Moro-hawk-moth is a very large migrant, capable of reaching speeds of up to 55 km/h. It can travel distances of up to 3,000 km from North Africa, where it winters, to Northern Europe. This migratory capacity is very impressive when you consider that the Moro-hawk-moth measures only 1.5748 inch!
Sphinx Moth
The white-lined sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. Also colloquially known as hawk moths they are sometimes known as the hummingbird moth because of their bird-like size (2-3 inch wingspan) and flight patterns.
Some hawk moths, such as the hummingbird hawk-moth or the white-lined sphinx, hover in midair while they feed on nectar from flowers, so are sometimes mistaken for hummingbirds. This hovering capability is only known to have evolved four times in nectar feeders: in hummingbirds, certain bats, hoverflies, and these sphingids[3] (an example of convergent evolution). Sphingids have been much studied for their flying ability, especially their ability to move rapidly from side to side while hovering, called "swing-hovering" or "side-slipping". This is thought to have evolved to deal with ambush predators that lie in wait in flowers. [Wikipedia]
The Sphinx at Giza is generally attributed to Pharaoh Khafre (2558 - 2532 BC) but firm evidence is lacking. It is unique as a large monumental sculpture in Old Kingdom Egypt and might have origins as an accidental and natural head-like form from erosion of a limestone outcrop. The head is harder limestone. Nonetheless, the considerable sculpting of the 20m high and 73m long form was accomplished with only copper chisels and stone hammers.
The sloping stones in the foreground are the ceremonial causeway between the Valley and Upper funerary temples of Khafre up which his body was taken to his pyramid.
The pyramid at far left is that of Khafre's father - Khufu.
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Taken on Kodachrome II reversal film
Le sphinx colibri est un insecte nord-américain. Il est plutôt commun à travers le Canada et les États-Unis. Ce papillon possède une très longue trompe qui lui permet de butiner les fleurs, souvent violettes, bleues ou blanches, en vol stationnaire à la manière des oiseaux-mouches. Il butine généralement le nectar des fleurs que les autres insectes ne peuvent atteindre. Il affectionne les sauges, les lavandes.
Merci beaucoup à tous pour votre gentil commentaire et vos favoris très appréciés - bien cordialement ! au plaisir !
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The Sphingidae are a family of moths (Lepidoptera), commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths, and hornworms; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, but species are found in every region. They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their rapid, sustained flying ability. Their narrow wings and streamlined abdomens are adaptations for rapid flight.
Arriving home last night, I saw this struggling Tersa Sphinx on the ground. Not wanting it to get crushed, I moved it up to my car and took a handheld focus stack. Farewell little Tersa Sphinx!
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Moro-sphinx
Macroglossum stellatarum • Sphinx colibri, Sphinx du Sahara
Le Moro-sphinx, Sphinx colibri ou Sphinx du caille-lait (Macroglossum stellatarum) est une espèce paléarctique de lépidoptères (papillons) diurnes de la famille des Sphingidae, connus pour leur faculté à butiner en vol stationnaire
L'imago du Moro-sphinx est un papillon de taille moyenne, au corps trapu. Le dessus des ailes antérieures est brun beige et celui des ailes postérieures est orangé. Le dessous des ailes est brun orangé. Le corps est gris-brun, avec le côté de l'abdomen noir tacheté de blanc.
Ce papillon possède une très longue trompe qui lui permet de butiner les fleurs, souvent violettes, bleues ou blanches, en vol stationnaire à la manière des oiseaux-mouches. Il butine généralement le nectar des fleurs que les autres insectes ne peuvent atteindre. Il affectionne les sauges, les lavandes. Il reste parfois « coincé » par sa trompe dans certaines fleurs au tube de la corolle trop étroit comme celui de l'espèce introduite Oenothera speciosa1
The Sphingidae are a family of moths (Lepidoptera), commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths, and hornworms; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, but species are found in every region. They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their rapid, sustained flying ability. Their narrow wings and streamlined abdomens are adaptations for rapid flight.
Smerinthus astarte, Montana. I had set up a light trap the night before, and at 5 a.m. found lots of visitors were still around, including this lovely moth roosting in a nearby shrub.
Inside of the worlds best preserved Roman palace under protection of the UNECO as a World Heritage on the peristyle (Peristil) Egyptian sphinx spinning in her ever dream.
Peristil, Palace of Diocletian, Split, Croatia
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Merci beaucoup pour votre charmante visite, bon commentaire et favori, toujours très appréciés.
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Loin d’être sédentaire, le Moro-sphinx est un grand migrateur. Avec des pointes à 55 km/h, il voyage vite et loin. Il peut parcourir jusqu’à 3000 km depuis le sud de l’Europe ou l’Afrique du Nord où de nombreux individus hivernent pour rejoindre, aux beaux jours, des zones plus au nord. De mai à juillet, ces migrateurs viennent grossir les rangs d’une première génération restée hiberner dans nos contrées à la faveur du réchauffement climatique. Une seconde génération est observable en septembre-octobre.Papillon ou Colibri ? Le Moro-sphinx, appelé aussi Sphinx colibri, ne papillonne pas. Comme les Oiseaux-mouches, il a adopté le vol stationnaire pour butiner sans se poser et, à raison de 75 battements d’ailes par seconde, il lui faut visiter un grand nombre de fleurs pour compenser cette importante dépense énergétique. Autre point commun avec les Colibris, il fait preuve d’une extrême précision pour viser le cœur de la fleur et y plonger sa longue trompe. Cette caractéristique anatomique lui a d’ailleurs valu son nom de genre Macroglossum, littéralement « grande langue ». Que cette trompe ne croise pas la route d’une fleur d’Onagre (Oenothera speciosa), elle resterait coincée au fond du calice. Un piège mortel pour le Moro-sphinx qui n’arriverait pas à s’en défaire !
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Larve de sphinx du troène.
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My best look ever at a Hummingbird Clearwing moth. Perched quietly for a couple of minutes.
iNaturalist link www.inaturalist.org/observations/177664455
Jenny Pansing photos
The Great Sphinx of Tanis is a granite sculpture of a sphinx, whose date may be as early as the 26th century BC. It was discovered in the ruins of the Temple of Amun-Ra in Tanis, Egypt's capital, during the 21st Dynasty and the 23rd Dynasty. It was created much earlier, but when exactly remains debated with hypotheses of the 4th Dynasty or the 12th Dynasty. All that is left of its original inscription are the parts alluding to pharaohs Amenemhat II (12th Dynasty), Merneptah (19th Dynasty), and Shoshenq I (22nd Dynasty). - Wikipedia
a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle.
In Greek tradition, the sphinx is a treacherous and merciless being with the head of a woman, the haunches of a lion, and the wings of a bird. According to Greek myth, she challenges those who encounter her to answer a riddle, and kills and eats them when they fail to solve the riddle. This deadly version of a sphinx appears in the myth and drama of Oedipus.
In Egyptian mythology, in contrast, the sphinx is typically depicted as a man (an androsphinx (Ancient Greek: ανδρόσφιγξ)), and is seen as a benevolent representation of strength and ferocity, usually of a pharaoh. Unlike Greek or Levantine/Mesopotamian ones, Egyptian sphinxes were not winged.
Shaped like the Sphinx this is also a Cathedral Cove so if you visit you get the chance to try and shoot a number of features.
Sphinx, Canal Terrace, Bodnant Gardens, North Wales.
Sphinx Coordinates..... 53.2342°N 3.8006°W
Sphinx, Bodnant Gardens.
Shelly limestone sculptures, A Sphinx. One of a pair of 17th century stone sphinxes, of shelly limestone, each cut from a single block with integral plain base.
Bodnant Garden (Welsh: Gardd Bodnant) is a National Trust property near Tal-y-Cafn, Conwy, Wales, overlooking the Conwy Valley towards the Carneddau mountains.
Founded in 1874 and developed by five generations of one family, it was gifted to the National Trust in 1949. The garden spans 80 acres of hillside and includes formal Italianate terraces, informal shrub borders stocked with plants from around the world, The Dell, a gorge garden, a number of notable trees and a waterfall. Since 2012, new areas have opened including the Winter garden, Old Park Meadow, Yew Dell and The Far End, a riverside garden. Furnace Wood and Meadow opened in 2017. There are plans to open more new areas, including Heather Hill and Cae Poeth Meadow.
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