They Grow Old so Fast - _TNY_3033 - a photo on Flickriver

This battered beauty is a male Atlas moth (Attacus atlas).

Judging by the broken wings and generally disheveld appearance, he has lived a hard life and reached a noteworthy age.

The thing is though, that atlas moth don't live as adults very long - my guess is that this one is less than two weeks old.

One rather dramatic adaptation to such a short adult life is that these lack mouth parts. They literally run on one tank of gas and that's it.

Also apparent in this photo is the large antennae. These are great when you're active during the night and really need to locate a female in the dark.

Compare the look and colour of this one to a "new" female here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52362126646/

Taken in: Sweden / Stockholm / Haga (show map)

Taken on: May 11, 2023

Tags:

macro

Canon

CanonEOS5Ds

5Ds

Haga Fjärilshus

Haga Ocean

butterfly house

tropical butterfly

insect

butterfly

Schmetterling

fjäril

papillon

Lepidoptera

Glossata

Rhopalocera

Sigma

Sigma 180mm f/3.5 APO Macro DG HSM

Sigma AF 180 mm f/ 3.5 APO Macro EX DG HSM

180mm

Sigma 180mm F3.5 EX DG

Attacus

atlas

atlas moth

atlasspinnare

Atlasspinner

moth

Nachtfalter

nattfjäril

Spinner

spinnare

Bombycoidea

Attacini

snake's head moth

red

orange

antennae

old

battered

worn

hair

hairy

fuzz

fuzzy

fur

furry

scales

triangles

silver spots

påfågelspinnare

Pfauenspinner

saturniid moth

Saturniidae

Saturniinae

giant silk moth

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Sets appears in: • Haga Ocean Butterfly House • Moths

Groups appears in: • Sigma Lenses • Sigma 180mm F3.5 EX DG MACRO more » • Canon and Sigma • Captured by SIGMA • Flickr Social • DSLR Autofocus Level 1 • CLOSE LOOK « less

Camera: Canon EOS 5DS, f/11.0, 0.7 sec, 180mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5DS
Lens:	180mm
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.7
Focal Length:	180mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 23.3 (Windows)
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