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who is this?

B3B3 Posts: 15,034
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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

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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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  • LynLyn DevonPosts: 16,575

    Could be Elephant Hawk Moth.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Billericay, EssexPosts: 6,109

    Or maybe hummingbird hawk-moth

    I thought they were hummingbirds when I saw them in Spain as a kid

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Central Norfolk UKPosts: 64,616

    I think Hummingbird Hawk-moth.   They should get better at posing for the camera image

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  • B3B3 Posts: 15,034

    Thanks all. saw one the same - slightly better photo in garden gallery.

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 15,034

    googled him. They like valerian apparently. I have an abundanceimage

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn DevonPosts: 16,575
    Dovefromabove says:

    I think Hummingbird Hawk-moth.   They should get better at posing for the camera image

    See original post

     That's what I meant??

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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