Inflight refuelling
Aug. 29th, 2022 03:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
puddleshark
Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum). A migrant to the UK from southern Europe and northern Africa. I've caught glimpses of one a few times before, but today, at Holme Gardens, they were everywhere! Hovering above the Sedum and the Salvia. Magical!
A small consolation, at the end of what has been a disastrous summer for butterflies.
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Date: 2022-08-29 02:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-08-30 05:25 pm (UTC)But these were all chance shots. Hummingbird Hawk-moths don't half whizz around - far too fast for the auto-focus on my camera!