Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Totally off topic :^')
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Don’t want to call it a death’s-head? In Dutch, they’re called Doodshoofdvlinder; in French, le sphinx à tête de mort; in German, Totenkopfschwärmer; in Spanish, cabeza de muerto; and in Swedish, Dödskallesvärmare.
A. atropos is the fastest moth in the world; it can fly at speeds up to 30mph! The insects can also hover like hummingbirds as they drink nectar from flowers.
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Went to opening night at the US OPEN Tennis tournament. The site of the 1964 World’s Fair, which my father brought me to. I snapped this picture while sneaking a cigarette in the stairway. You might recognize the objects on the right. :^)
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Yes but do they really fly? HAHAHAHAHA
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Here we call “Picaflor” to this bird. This year on of them got into my covered back garden of my house. I’ve help it to get out and release, here a picture :)
PS: You can see the long of tongue
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@roramirez said in Totally off topic :^'):
Here we call “Picaflor” to this bird. This year on of them got into my covered back garden of my house. I’ve help it to get out and release, here a picture :)
PS: You can see the long of tongue
Oh wow! Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!!!
Picaflor - I like that! :^)
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Rather than post another hummingbird video (there is a link above) I decided to post a timelapse video of the moonflowers in my yard that bloom at sundown every day. Took my old iPad and stacked a few milk crates for a stand. Voila!
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@mykle1 very cool!
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2 years later
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Three years after the initial post. Here they are: