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who is this?
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this chap had a black and white spotted round bum
he had orange wings which were beating really fast and he hovered - like a humming bird
a long thin black tongue or whatever was poking into the flowers
Sorry - these photos are dreadful, but they might give you an idea
im going to try and delete the ones where you cant see him at all - wish me luck!
In London. Keen but lazy.
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Could be Elephant Hawk Moth.
Or maybe hummingbird hawk-moth
I thought they were hummingbirds when I saw them in Spain as a kid
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I think Hummingbird Hawk-moth. They should get better at posing for the camera
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks all. saw one the same - slightly better photo in garden gallery.
googled him. They like valerian apparently. I have an abundance
That's what I meant??