Prithvi Dev

Aurelian

2019  ·  Nature Photography

Hummingbird Hawk-moths and Painted Ladies enjoying the end-September nectars of the Sage bush. Mukteshwar.

A single white cloud in a blue sky above the soft, out-of-focus spikes of a purple sage bush.
A hummingbird hawk-moth in flight beneath an arching spray of purple and white sage.
A hummingbird hawk-moth hovering at purple sage blossoms, its long proboscis extended.
A hummingbird hawk-moth silhouetted in mid-air against a blue sky between sprigs of sage.
A hummingbird hawk-moth feeding at a tall spike of purple sage against a soft yellow-green background.
A hummingbird hawk-moth on the wing beside purple and white sage, its wings blurred with motion.
A hummingbird hawk-moth hovering below a sage flower against deep green shadow, a yellow band across its body.
A painted lady butterfly perched on purple sage in warm sunlight, wings half-open.
A pale butterfly clinging to a sage blossom among sunlit green leaves.
A painted lady butterfly feeding on purple sage, its orange and black wings folded.