Oh, I'm "all over" this photo! What amazing creatures. I'm not sure, but i don't think we have these in the Midwestern USA, not even as accidental exports from their native UK environs. We have longhorn beetles (though a couple that I saw insisted on being called the longhorn beatles...but that's a ramble for a different post.) I didn't even know that there were such moths as these! I love their colors and they have that nice "stealth moth" shape. Their antennae are impressive and probably highly sensitive as well. This is a brilliant shot, and I must google these creatures to learn more about them!

Here we have them too, Andrea, and I like them for the antennas. The little photo says it all. Thumb up!

Amazing captures Andrea. God bless.

Fabulous capture!!

Excellent capture,super image!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Common to you, but new to me. Always fun to meet "new" critters from around the world! Nice shot.

wonderful !!!

Excellent shots Andrea! Those "horns" are a DOF nightmare! You got them spot on! The pre coital moment, is this leading to the next shot!

You say common, and yet I have never seen one, what a pretty creature!!!!!!

Two super pictures and I can't say I've ever seen one !!

Brilliant, but never seen those

Awesome photo shots and very interesting information.

Great shot although I must say I have never seen this bug.

Wow! I've never seen anything like that! Fantastic shots!

Great photos to include those extra long antennae!

Oooo, shiny. Do you think they can pick up cable with those? Two superb images of a creature I have never seen before.

Superb captures!

fabulous capture and information thanks

Okay, I'm picking up from where I last left off, a few days back (I commented on everything from "Afternoon Nap" to "Weekend Dogwalk," with everything in between; and then I skipped ahead to that sonnet piece---"Poncho" ((I just looked it up!))---why am I telling you this? Because ebots have left the planet and are vacationing on Mars...maybe I'll drop you a note to tell you that I commented today too---not that my comments are a major priority, but just so you know I was 'here'...one of the drawbacks of commenting on earlier pieces is that the artist doesn't often look back there without ebots. Maybe I'll leave a 'scent', so your dogs can pick me up...) Anyway... First, it's an amazing shot just for the specie, they're amazing moths and I've never seen any with iridescent wings like that, and so gold! Also, those lonnnnnng antennae...I wonder what those were about, evolutionarily, as I've never seen an insect with such long feelers, that is, relative to their body size... But Andrea, the pic itself is beautiful. You've softened the leaves somehow, they look like carpeting almost. And the light is strongest in the uppermost leaves, leaving the middle leaves a bit darker, to contrast with these golden amber wings. It really is a beautiful shot, with real atmosphere and some deep shade. And you got two, almost in formation. Terrific shooting and treatment. You've been posting a series of amazing insect shots, of late (those recent shots of insects and arachnids attacking and eating each other are stunning...)