Tansy Over Yarrow, Pt. 2 - _TNY_8021S3
Here is a nice three-exposure focus stack of a plume moth known as the tansy plume (Gillmeria ochrodactyla) on a red clover (Trifolium pratense L.).
There is a very similar species known as the yarrow plume (G. pallidactyla), but that one would have the part of the hind legs between the two spurs in uniform brown which this one doesn't so it has to be the tansy one instead.
This was taken at 3.3:1 magnification, but the moth stayed put so I also got another focus stack at less magnification showing the entire moth in part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53887640585/
Tansy Over Yarrow, Pt. 2 - _TNY_8021S3
Here is a nice three-exposure focus stack of a plume moth known as the tansy plume (Gillmeria ochrodactyla) on a red clover (Trifolium pratense L.).
There is a very similar species known as the yarrow plume (G. pallidactyla), but that one would have the part of the hind legs between the two spurs in uniform brown which this one doesn't so it has to be the tansy one instead.
This was taken at 3.3:1 magnification, but the moth stayed put so I also got another focus stack at less magnification showing the entire moth in part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53887640585/