Virginia ctenucha moth laying eggs on Dog-strangling vine by larose forest photos

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23-JUN-2010	Christine Hanrahan

Virginia ctenucha moth laying eggs on Dog-strangling vine

It seems only yesterday that these beautiful day-flying moths were caterpillars! Then I watched them make their cocoons, and now they are flying and egg-laying. Where does time go?

for a view of the entire adult: http://www.pbase.com/laroseforest/image/114397771

Canon PowerShot SX10 IS
1/500s f/3.2 at 5.0mm iso200 hide exif

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Date/Time	23-Jun-2010 14:35:30
Make	Canon
Model	Canon PowerShot SX10 IS
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	5 mm
Exposure Time	1/500 sec
Aperture	f/3.2
ISO Equivalent	200
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Metering Mode	matrix (5)
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slhoornstra		04-Jun-2013 04:44
Fabulous. Please offer your gallery to a university for sure. When I studied insects, there were no books with illustrations to compare with your photos. V

katjas		15-Jul-2010 08:37
this is great! V

Ghislaine et Réal Boulet		25-Jun-2010 02:51
A very impressive macro

reflectionsofnature		25-Jun-2010 00:09
This must have been an interesting sight to watch. I would have loved to have seen it!

Hank Vander Velde		24-Jun-2010 15:23
FANTASTIC capture Christine of an other of natures marvelous wonders.

Flora		24-Jun-2010 12:54
What an amazing capture, you were at right place at right time. V

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