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Daytime moth ID

peteSpeteS Posts: 966
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It's a terrible blurred picture, but can anyone ID this moth, the likes of which I've never seen before. It must have been two inches long with bright orange flashes on it's wings, a multi coloured abdomen consisting of browns reds and oranges. It had a huge proboscis which it used to probe the flowers of my Verbena bonariensis whilst hovering.

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  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,429
    It’s a hummingbird hawk-moth. They are lovely, aren’t they?
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    And impossible to photograph!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • peteSpeteS Posts: 966
    @B3...well they certainly are with a phone camera that's for sure.

    @pitter-patter...wow...that's pretty sensational. Never seen it before, no idea where it came from, and probably will never see it again.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    @jimmyanderson992 ... you’re wasting your time ... unpaid for adverts get deleted on this site ... and anyway, this is UK based; we don’t have hummingbirds in Europe. 



    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • borgadrborgadr Posts: 718
    Beautiful!!   I see plenty of them over in France, but still waiting to see one here in my garden.
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    @borgadr - Never give up hope , I even had one here once right oop in't'ills!
  • jimmyanderson992jimmyanderson992 Posts: 1
    Beautiful plant! Attractive for hummingbirds. 
  • Buzzy2Buzzy2 Posts: 135
    I was lucky last year to have one in my garden. He (or She ) was very noisy in flight, I could hear it down the bottom of the garden!
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