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C'est un petit Sphingidae 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.
It is a small beige-brown Sphingidae with a stocky body. The Moro-sphinx has a very long trunk for foraging flowers, often purple, blue or white, hovering in the manner of hummingbirds. It usually forages the flower nectar that other insects can not reach. He likes sage, lavender.
One of the 16 Egyptian style sphinxes Giuseppe Valadier installed around the walls of thePiazza del Popolo, to complement the Flaminio Obelisk placed at its centre. In Rome, Italy.
Shot with a Nikon D7000 and a Nikkor AFS DX 18-200mm F/3.5-5.6G lens, and processed in GIMP and Photoscape.
Armstrong Siddeley Motors was a British engineering group that operated during the first half of the 20th century. It was formed in 1919 and is best known for the production of luxury vehicles and aircraft engines. The company adopted the Sphinx as their mascot until they made their last car in 19960.
Blinded Sphinx Moth (Paonias excaecata) roosting on a grass blade one morning in Montana. The common name refers to the spots on the hindwings (not visible when at rest like this moth), which are black rings with pale blue centers. I love the deeply scalloped wing margins.
C'est un petit Sphingidae 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.
It is a small beige-brown Sphingidae with a stocky body. The Moro-sphinx has a very long trunk for foraging flowers, often purple, blue or white, hovering in the manner of hummingbirds. It usually forages the flower nectar that other insects can not reach. He likes sage, lavender.
Papillon Sphinx colibri, trompe déployée, butinant la Sauge. Une photo printaniére, et pourtant prise en décembre !
My first ever encounter with this impressive moth, and I was soooo excited! Just had to take a 'hand' shot (in comments - viewable large) to give it some scale. When I went to return him to the post, he didn't want to get off! Stunning thing!
Daymer Bay - Cornwall
Sphinx gazé, plein gaz dans la sauge.
Le Sphinx gazé ou Sphinx du chèvrefeuille (Hemaris fuciformis) est une espèce paléarctique de lépidoptères de la famille des Sphingidae.
Un Moro-sphinx, ça trompe énormément !
Photo prise début décembre, dans une ambiance quasi printanière.
Pantanal, Brazil.
Green moth. Lesser Vine Sphinx Moth, Banded Sphinx Moth - Eumorpha fasciatus.
Brown moth. Sphinx Moth - Eumorpha anchemolus ,
This humble Sphinx Moth was one of my favorite photographic subjects of the 2018 year to date. I had wanted to photograph one for many years.
The two other moth species on my most wanted list are Luna and Cecropia Moths. The latter are very difficult to get in Manitoba, but a Luna Moth, though difficult, might be attainable.
This is another lifer moth from 2024 although I have seen the caterpillars. It makes up for it drab color by its sleek, athletic appearance including swept wings and its powerful, fast flight. It is somewhat larger than its more familiar cousin, the White-lined Sphinx Moth.
The Great Sphinx was most likely built in approximately 2500 BC for the pharaoh Khafre, the builder of the Second Pyramid at Giza. Facing directly from West to East, it stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The Sphinx is a monolith carved into the bedrock of the plateau, which also served as the quarry for the pyramids and other monuments in the area. The nummulitic limestone of the area consists of layers which offer differing resistance to erosion (mostly caused by wind and windblown sand), leading to the uneven degradation apparent in the Sphinx's face and body.
Face of a sphinx made in 1778 by Franz Conrad Linck (1730-1793). Looks like it had some problems with the nose. Was probably mounted by Obélix.
Not the setting I'd have preferred, but the caterpillar of the pandora sphinx moth is a pretty impressive critter...
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)
There are invitations you simply cannot turn down. Spending a night at 3571m on Jungfraujoch definitely falls into this category.
When my buddy Benjamin Barakat informed me about the invitation to visit the high altitude research station and that we would get access to the restricted areas on the Spinx Observatory, I was really excited. The place has been on top of my wish list for quite a while.
The alpine high altitude environment did not make it an easy shooting. When we arrived in the afternoon, there was snowfall, but the forecast predicted that it would clear during the night. Shortly before sunset the clouds parted, but our high hopes were damped when thick fog rolled in shortly after nightfall.
We nevertheless decided to brave the cold on the science platform of the Spinx Observatory and were finally rewarded with completely clear skies.
This image shows the winter Miky Way with Orion and Taurus rising over the dome of the Sphinx Observatory. The bright glow on the right is light pollution from the Italian metropolis Milano, 150km away.
EXIF
Canon EOS 6D, astro-modified
Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 @ 15mm
iOptron SkyTracker
Sky:
10 x 60s @ ISO1600, tracked
Foreground:
Stack of 5 x 15s @ ISO800
Not the first time I've imagined the paws of a sphinx where rocks meet water.
Babson Farm Quarry, Halibut Point State Park
Vient aspirer le nectar des fleurs d'amandier.
Le Moro-sphinx, ou Sphinx colibri, ou encore Sphinx du caille-lait (les gaillets sont les plantes hôtes des chenilles) est un papillon migrateur présent dans la zone biogéographique paléarctique. Il est visible en toutes saisons en Europe de l'ouest et en méditerranée.
Argeliers (Hérault), le 24 février 2019
Le Moro-sphinx, Sphinx colibri ou Sphinx du caille-lait est une espèce paléarctique de lépidoptères diurnes de la famille des Sphingidae, connus pour leur faculté à butiner en vol stationnaire
Réinterprétations en briques LEGO, Nathan SAWAYA
Exposition "The Art of the Brick"
Galeries Montparnasse
Jusqu'au 12 mai 2024
Manduca sexta - This Carolina Sphinx moth, Manduca sexta, has been showing up at dusk every evening for nearly a week now to feed at the Four O'Clocks just out the back door.
Hamburg is called the gate to the world, but the world is also present in Hamburg.
For example Egypt :-)
There are two 240years old sphinges at the entry to a park in Hamburg-Wandsbek.
Von amdolu für mich geklaut:
Die Sphinx-Figuren aus dem Jahre 1775 standen früher vor dem 1907 abgebrochenen Gottorper Palais (1767 fanden dort die Verhandlungen mit Dänemark und Russland statt, die 1768 zum Gottorper Vergleich führten) nahe der Hauptkirche St. Michaelis und erst seit 1926 am Eingang zum Torhaus Eichtalpark.