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Hemileuca eglanterina (Western Sheep Moth)

I wish I could tell you this sighting was from a ton of hard work searching grass. Sadly, no - it was just walking by and this moth was prominent on a stalk of grass.


Altitude: 20m (65 feet)
Camera: Nikon D850
Date: Saturday, July 13th, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Exposure: 1/160 sec at f10.0
Exposure Compensation: 839 ev
ISO: 100 asa
Lens: 105mm f/2.8D AF Micro-Nikkor
With cropping (you see 46% of the image as shot), this lens is effectively a 154mm lens on a 35mm camera
Location:
Arcing Train In Garry Oak Meadow Camas Growing In Garry Oak Meadow Few Flowered Shootingstar Playing In The Sand At Willows Beach Claira Pulling Nara On Bull Kelp Shooting Stars Under Oak Trees English Ivy Moving Through Park Five Oak Trees In Meadow Stonecrop Growing In Rock Grasses In Rocks Camas Under Garry Oak Basket Of Peppers Japanese Maple The Chapel Filling Arcing Train In Garry Oak Meadow Playing In The Sand At Willows Beach Claira Pulling Nara On Bull Kelp Moonrise Behind Trial Islands Lighthouse Bikes At Far Point Of Ride Clover Point Coming Into View Front Light Flare English Ivy Moving Through Park Mount Doug Basket Of Peppers Japanese Maple Stone In Foreground The Chapel Filling Arcing Train In Garry Oak Meadow Nara On Zip Line Playing In The Sand At Willows Beach Grandma And Claira On The Trestle Claira With Her Pumpkin Riding On Hay Ride Castle With Irises Mount Doug Kayla Throwing ARock Cedar Stump Blue Flowers Basket Of Peppers Japanese Maple Selling Pendants The Chapel Filling John And Helen With Lit Trees Backlit Cattails Castle With Irises Mount Doug Cedar Stump Blue Flowers Basket Of Peppers Japanese Maple Selling Pendants The Chapel Filling John And Helen With Lit Trees Backlit Cattails Standing In The Ocean Arcing Train In Garry Oak Meadow Camas Growing In Garry Oak Meadow Few Flowered Shootingstar Playing In The Sand At Willows Beach Claira Pulling Nara On Bull Kelp Shooting Stars Under Oak Trees Five Oak Trees In Meadow Stonecrop Growing In Rock Grasses In Rocks Deer In Urban Park Field Of Camas At Uplands Park The Chapel Filling Arcing Train In Garry Oak Meadow Spanish Bluebells Nara On Zip Line Playing In The Sand At Willows Beach Claira With Her Pumpkin Nara Lost In Throught In The Hay Ride Riding On Hay Ride Claira Pulling Nara On Bull Kelp English Ivy Moving Through Park Four Oak Trees Without Leaves Basket Of Peppers Japanese Maple Selling Pendants The Chapel Filling Grandma Nara And AGoat Nara And Claira On The Bridge Arcing Train In Garry Oak Meadow Nara On Zip Line Playing In The Sand At Willows Beach Claira With Her Pumpkin Riding On Hay Ride Mount Doug Kayla Throwing ARock Blue Flowers Basket Of Peppers Japanese Maple Selling Pendants The Chapel Filling Backlit Cattails Gary Oak With Amazing View Grandma Nara And AGoat Standing In The Ocean Mount Doug Blue Flowers Basket Of Peppers Japanese Maple Selling Pendants The Chapel Filling Backlit Cattails Grandma Nara And AGoat Standing In The Ocean Nara Lying In The Sea Blush Nara And Claira On The Bridge New National Park Sign Big Windows View From Mount Norman Reflecting Pond Front of House Four Otters Curve of Time in Bay Weathered Rock Saturna San Juan Lighthouse Me on Deck Arcing Train In Garry Oak Meadow Nara On Zip Line Playing In The Sand At Willows Beach Claira Pulling Nara On Bull Kelp English Ivy Moving Through Park Stonecrop Growing In Rock Deer In Urban Park Field Of Camas At Uplands Park Brown Creeper In Sunny Patch Oak Trees In Drying Meadow Pacific Bleeding Heart Arcing Train In Garry Oak Meadow Nara On Zip Line Playing In The Sand At Willows Beach Stonecrop Growing In Rock Field Of Camas At Uplands Park Oak Trees In Drying Meadow Arcing Train In Garry Oak Meadow Nara On Zip Line Brown Pelican At Top Of Rock Arcing Train In Garry Oak Meadow Nara On Zip Line Brown Pelican At Top Of Rock Claira Discovers Its All Splash Zone Harbour Seal Out Of Water Immature Rhinoceros Auklet Black Turnstone Blending In Non Breeding Tufted Puffin Rhinoceros Auklet Being Social Castle With Irises Mount Doug Cedar Stump Blue Flowers Surfers At Jordan River Basket Of Peppers John And Helen With Lit Trees Standing In The Ocean Nara And Claira On The Bridge Arcing Train In Garry Oak Meadow Dunlin Reflected With Fall Colours New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants Sea Terminal, South Terminal, Main Terminal Of YVR On Approach To Mudge Big Windows Left Side of Cove Panoramic Reflecting Pond Retreat Island Sunset Four Otters Sea Lions on the Rocks New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants On Approach To Mudge Reflecting Pond Four Otters Sandheads Lighthouse Ferry Terminal Dive Site Right Castle With Irises Mud Flats at Sunset Waiting For Lifts To Open New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants On Approach To Mudge View From Second Chief Mud Flats at Sunset Waiting For Lifts To Open View From Lunch Tarn In Front Of Anniversary Glacier Mark And Mike At Summit Boat At Landing Boardwalk In Meadow New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants Waiting For Lifts To Open Mark And Mike At Summit Boat At Landing Boardwalk In Meadow Rock Margin Front of Condo Fence at Rathtrevor Wharf in Namu Diagonal Falls New National Park Sign Waiting For Lifts To Open Mark And Mike At Summit Boat At Landing Front of Condo Wharf in Namu Immature Bog Cranberry Numa Falls (Veiled) Athabasca Falls Closer Bromley Rock Mount Robson In Fog New National Park Sign Sea Terminal, South Terminal, Main Terminal Of YVR Big Windows View From Mount Norman Reflecting Pond Front of House Four Otters Just the Head of a Seal Sea Lions on the Rocks Curve of Time in Bay Weathered Rock New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants Sea Terminal, South Terminal, Main Terminal Of YVR On Approach To Mudge Stephen And His Sunset Big Windows View From Mount Norman Left Side of Cove Panoramic Reflecting Pond Retreat Island Sunset New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants Sea Terminal, South Terminal, Main Terminal Of YVR On Approach To Mudge Big Windows Left Side of Cove Panoramic Reflecting Pond Retreat Island Sunset Four Otters Sea Lions on the Rocks New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants On Approach To Mudge Reflecting Pond Four Otters Sandheads Lighthouse Ferry Terminal Dive Site Right Castle With Irises Mud Flats at Sunset Waiting For Lifts To Open New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants On Approach To Mudge View From Second Chief Mud Flats at Sunset Waiting For Lifts To Open View From Lunch Tarn In Front Of Anniversary Glacier Mark And Mike At Summit Boat At Landing Boardwalk In Meadow New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants Waiting For Lifts To Open Mark And Mike At Summit Boat At Landing Boardwalk In Meadow Rock Margin Front of Condo Fence at Rathtrevor Wharf in Namu Diagonal Falls New National Park Sign Waiting For Lifts To Open Mark And Mike At Summit Boat At Landing Front of Condo Wharf in Namu Immature Bog Cranberry Numa Falls (Veiled) Athabasca Falls Closer Bromley Rock Mount Robson In Fog
Map
Region: North America, Canada, British Columbia, Capital RD, Oak Bay, Uplands Park
Scientific Name: species related to Hemileuca eglanterina (Western Sheep Moth)
Tag: moth, Uplands Park
Larger image: 1333 x 1999
Raw image: 3747 x 5620

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