these are just awesome I'll be picking them up once I get through Christmas!Ohhhhh, OK.
Wow, 10.5 inches? I'm having a hard time visualizing a moth with a wingspan that's almost a foot long.
Stunning renders as usual Flint!
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Nature's Wonders Sneak Peek Thread
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Stunning renders as usual Flint!
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Great looking render Ken! Don't forget to take time off for Christmas!
Well, I completed my first of two 'add-on" volumes for my moths. Here's a render with all of the moths included with proper sizing... the largest (Hercules Moth) has a wingspan of 270 mm (10.6 inches). The second volume which I'll start tomorrow has request user requests plus more "wow" moths; it will include the Atlas Moth, Hummingbird Hawkmoth, Decorated Beauty (aka Mexican Moth), Suraka Silk Moth, Chinese Moon Moth, Puriri Moth, Crimson Speckled Flunkey and Hearsey’s Moth.
Flint_Hawk
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Great additions to your collection of moths!
Yes, it does eat Oleander... the caterpillars are immune to the plant's highly toxic properties. I'd imagine the caterpillars would then also be toxic to eat, but most creatures stay clear of many of the caterpillars which are amongst the world's most toxic and painful-to-interact-with insects (just looking at some of the caterpillars in this link scream "do not touch" lol).
I don't know how it happens, but I've seen it happen myself, though I don't recall if it's happened on the new forum for me.LOL, deleted the duplicate - not sure how that happened
You wouldn't catch me touching any of those caterpillars!!!
Thanks Chris... apart from some promises I made to do a couple "request" moths, here's clearly a reason for me continuing with a second volume. I had to double-check the "Decorated Beauty (moth)" to make sure it simply wasn't a photoshopped creature. While there isn't too much research on the moth, but it does actually exist (Anaxita decorate) and I venture to guess it served, at least as an inspiration, to pre-Columbian artists, since it mirrors the style of Mayan and Aztec art.
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Flint_Hawk
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These moths were sure well named Ken!
I thought about finding a way to connect my moth wings for human use... it might happen