Despite our best efforts and screens, we inevitably end up with some hummingbird moths in our bedroom around this time of year. Thursday night there were two; on Friday evening they came down to this lamp, where I was able to catch them and put them back outside (after a little photo shoot, of course).
As I was taking these, suddenly the moth began to vibrate its wings like crazy (seen in photo below) and did so while staying put for a half a minute or so, prior to launching into flight. It was very interesting and loud.
2 comments:
I just happened across your blog and I love your photos! I was/am particularly interested because I'm an entomology enthusiast with little to no photographic ability of my own. At any rate, I started scanning back through your older posts and noticed your comment about the moth vibrating its wings and figured I'd offer an explanation...
They thermoregulate (in fact, quite a lot of insects do this). The moth was just warming up its muscles enough to fly. =)
Thanks, Continue On! I am pleased to learn what that vibrating was all about!
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