Zygaena fausta

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• milloup (1716)
• [2004-07-23 15:59]
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Nice capture of this group of zygaena fausta - you'll have to ask Robert the English name, because I couldn't find it. You're quite right, they do ressemble the ones Rob shot, and they're moths. I have a photo of one of those as well, and I searched for the latin name which started out with zygaena (family name first with Latin names). Searched Google pics for zygaena, found one that looked like yours, its name was zygaena fausta, searched Google photos for that name, and bingo, they all look like yours ;-))

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• LisaDE (245)
• [2004-07-23 16:18]

lovely capture Viviane, great colours and detail

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• mogens-j (20)
• [2004-07-23 16:22]
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Beautiful butterflies you captured here Viviane and yes they look very much like Roberts and as Bente allready found out they are the same family. I have search for the nama Zygaena fausta too witout finding any English sites but since you are French I found a site that might be helpful check out this one

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/moineaudeparis/Insectes/Lepidopteres/Zygaena_Fausta/

there are some pictures and discriptions in French - I tried to make a link but may be this is not working yet or I was not clever enough.

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• Robbrown (6106)
• [2004-07-23 16:33]

Well Viviane Iwould agree with bente on Ident but I have no common name for it it is the only one in the group with-out a common name. Looks like the where as difficult as mine in the contrast / exposure settings.
good pose though, the whole family seems to like feeding in a group.

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• Callie (7555)
• [2004-07-24 2:21]

Viviane
Baie mooi kleure. I have no clue as to ID, but these look like moths to me. The centred subject works well with the thre around the flower.

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• AdrianW (710)
• [2004-07-25 3:38]
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Nice shot! No common name, that's a shame, perhaps we should invent one: "Viviane's beautiful Burnet" or thereabouts ;)

I love the range of colours you've captured here, and the sharpness of the moths and flower. I might be tempted to crop it a little more tightly though to remove the slightly distracting yellow flowers from the top left. There's something slightly not quite right about the antennae on the lowest moth, the left hand one seems to have haloes around it - they're probably JPEG artifacts, but they could be the result of selective sharpening too...

Anyway, a lovely capture of some unusual moths :-D

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• Esox (972)
• [2004-07-25 13:36]
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Très belle photo, Viviane.
Les couleurs sont très agréables et la PDC met bien le sujet en valeur.
Les zygènes de Robert sont des Zygaena filipendulae, mais en anglais?

Bon travail.

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• carper (8439)
• [2004-07-25 13:41]
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I love it too Viviane,
I have fotograpth some of an other sort, It's a lovely composition, good colours too. I think you had cropp it a little, but even that personal. Very good job Viviane

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• Eagle78 (98)
• [2004-07-26 15:08]
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Maybe too hard colors but a splendid image Viviane :) Love their standing around this equally beautiful flower. Good job :)

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• gerhardt (11620)
• [2004-07-26 17:20]
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Viviane,

Zygaena fausta = Auspicious Burnet Moth

Your great photo of this moths could not remain unnamed. I did some research and this was the only reference I got:

Source: www.ctv.es/USERS/casaguilla/moths.html

Nice work. Thanx for sharing.

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• nwoehnl (28)
• [2004-07-28 17:36]

Hi Viviane, as you may know from TE I do love colors a lot, so this one is a genuine feast for my eyes ;-) Great to see the group of these moths in different postures around the purple flower. The nice bright light and the good DOF are other strenghts of this shot. Very good one.

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• RAP (7405)
• [2004-07-31 7:06]

Gran imagen Viviane.
No creo que sea facil encontrar 3 mariposas sobre una misma flor.
Gran colorido y nitidez. Buen DOF completan una hermosa captura.

Great image Viviane.
I do not believe that it is easy to find 3 butterflies on a same flower.
Great colorful and clearness.
Good DOF completes a beautiful capture.

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• cloverstar (0)
• [2004-08-22 17:35]

Very nice capture, Viviane. The coloures and sharpness are good. How lucky to get three insects on one flower at the same time.
Well done.

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• Motrem (288)
• [2004-09-30 14:05]

Belle rencontre! La définition est excellente et les couleurs éclatantes.

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• anoop (106)
• [2005-01-10 2:33]

Very nice photo. Great colours. I think the black blob in the left half could be cloned out I guess.

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• Comandante (1408)
• [2005-03-18 9:58]

Lovely colours and lighting and dof is perfect. Well done.

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• phlr (2821)
• [2005-06-08 14:30]

Great shot!
More then one toghether!
Very beautiful night butterflies!

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• anavazao (3829)
• [2005-12-30 8:04]

Hello,

Excellent idea and a great composition!
well Done:)
Ana

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• Luc (14767)
• [2006-02-13 21:36]

I took a look at your first posts.
This one was very good.
Thank you Viviane.

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• ddarling (38)
• [2012-01-28 3:27]

Lovely composition. Wow -three moths on one flower, must have been your lucky day!. Thank you for the warm welcome.

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• Silvio2006 (102073)
• [2015-06-27 11:31]

Ciao Viviane, lovely trio of beautiful Zigaena, splendid sharpness, fine details and wonderful colors, very well done, my friend, have a good week end, ciao Silvio