Humming bird Hawkmoth

As it was getting dusk I saw something fly on to the Verbena bonariensis in the front garden . It was big and colourful , my jaw dropped and I rushed in to get my camera. Not being able to take a decent photo as the moth was whizzing around so fast and it's wings were beating so fast, I tried capturing it by video.Then another one came along, so there was two whizzing about. Hope you enjoy viewing this moth, looks so much like a humming bird. Notice early on, that the moth has got a flower stuck on the end of it's proboscis.

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Education

Tags:

• Moths
• humming-bird hawkmoth
• wildlife
• insects
• flowers
• nature