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ChrisH
06-06-2008, 04:40 AM
Tuesday night's lovely sunset.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/CwmmawrJet/Photographs/IMG_1479.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/CwmmawrJet/Photographs/IMG_1481.jpg
ChrisH
06-06-2008, 04:41 AM
A Cinnabar Moth

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/CwmmawrJet/Photographs/IMG_1468.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/CwmmawrJet/Photographs/IMG_1473.jpg

Sadly, it had something wrong with it and although I tried I wasn't able to do anything to help. :(
Maya & Inka's mommy
06-06-2008, 05:01 AM
Those sunset pics are fabulous!!! Why was the sky so red? Did you have a windy day next morning??

That moth is so beautiful!! Here all moths have a gray colour
Randi
06-06-2008, 08:57 AM
Wow, what a beautiful sunset!! :eek: And the moth too - didn't know they come in colours.
pitc9
06-06-2008, 09:26 AM
Wow! The sunset is BEAUTIFUL!!

That moth is as well.
Thanks for sharing!
Sorry you couldn't do anything for the moth.
:(
ChrisH
06-06-2008, 09:32 AM
Thanks for the lovely comments. :D

Lut, the next day was a beautiful one bringing truth to the old saying "Red sky at night, shepherds delight".

Randi, Lut too, I'd never seen a coloured moth before and thought it was a small butterfly, it was only when I searched for identification that I found out exactly what it was. Maybe a lot more of the insects I think are butterflies are really moths. :D

Cinnabar moths are day-flying insects. Like many other brightly coloured moths, it is unpalatable; The larvae absorb the bitter tasting to the alkaloid substances from all the ragworts including groundsel which it feeds on, and assimilate them, becoming unpalatable themselves[1]. The bright colours of both the larvae and the moths act as a warning sign so that they are seldom eaten by predators.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnabar_moth
cloverfdx
06-06-2008, 10:23 AM
What a beautiful sunset, thats one thing i am going to miss about Summer ;).
gini
06-06-2008, 10:37 AM
Chris, what beautiful pictures. I don't think I have ever seen a moth like that either. Interesting that their color means they don't taste very good!
lvpets2002
06-06-2008, 04:50 PM
:love: Aweee WoW the pics are great.. many thanks