Hummingbird moth……

[AndyPK]

……in the garden this morning! They’re about the same size as some humming birds, and bigger than others. Fascinating to watch…..

 

[Speve]

……in the garden this morning! They’re about the same size as some humming birds, and bigger than others. Fascinating to watch…..
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We very often get them come into the conservatory I have to shepherd them out by various means

 

[dash300]

Remember seeing them in a pub garden in Kent many years ago and was totally confused as to what it was. The most bird like moth I had ever seen. Had to look it up to find out exactly what it was!

 

[Speve]

Remember seeing them in a pub garden in Kent many years ago and was totally confused as to what it was. The most bird like moth I had ever seen. Had to look it up to find out exactly what it was!

It’s correct name is Hummingbird Hawk Moth a beautiful creature

 

[funflair]

I got this picture of when when we were in the Czech republic a few years ago.

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[funflair]

And while we are on Hawk Moths in general we had a caterpillar on the drive last week which I think might have been the Hummingbird Hawk Moth but I didn't get a photo as was dashing out and more interested in not running it over with the car, but a few years ago got some pictures of a relative of it which I believe is a Elephant Hawk Moth Caterpillar,

 

[SpeedyDux]

Only seen one in my garden and that was more than 10 years ago. So few butterflies and larger moths around this year.

 

[vikwikx]

And while we are on Hawk Moths in general we had a caterpillar on the drive last week which I think might have been the Hummingbird Hawk Moth but I didn't get a photo as was dashing out and more interested in not running it over with the car, but a few years ago got some pictures of a relative of it which I believe is a Elephant Hawk Moth Caterpillar,

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We had one as well

 

[Verteuil Man]

We found this resting in the garden the other day. It had just moved around the post out of the sun. Not sure type of moth it is.

 

[SpeedyDux]

……in the garden this morning! They’re about the same size as some humming birds, and bigger than others. Fascinating to watch…..
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This morning I saw a Hummingbird Hawk Moth on my big Buddleya. A rare sight. Too far away for a photo, but I managed to watch it for about 5 minutes with binoculars while it tasted every flower group with its uncoiled proboscis. Then it flew away at high speed. Fastest moth ever!

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[houdini]

We had a Hummingbird Moth in our dining room last week, the buddleia bush is just outside the door. Only seen one once before years ago.