What is this insect?

Latimer · July 2020

https://photos.app.goo.gl/pjokLsSTcuVVUMLY9

Hopefully that link works!

Saw this little fellow flitting around this morning, was great to watch. I didn't want to get too close so it's not the greatest video but I'd love to know what it is.

Thanks

Alan Clark2 in Liverpool · July 2020

Hummingbird Hawkmoth. You are not the first to ask about them recently.

Latimer · July 2020

@Alan Clark2 in Liverpool thanks!

1634 Racine · July 2020

I had one over the weekend @London_to_Latimer

Also kindly identified by @Alan Clark2 in Liverpool 👍

Mesmerising aren’t they

Latimer · July 2020

@1634 Racine completely! My wife and I watched it for ages!

Bijdezee · July 2020

I saw the first one this year just today. They like the Verbena B and the Nicotiana. Lovely things, just like a miniature humming bird as the name says.

What is this insect?

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