view of a Hummingbird Hawk moth nectaring on bramble flowers

Hummingbird Hawk moth: Photo. Charles Thompson

Charles  was luck enough to see this amazing little Hummingbird Hawk moth at Hengisbury Head on 20/06/18/

This species is a migrant arriving in hot weather and it has been suggested that a few individuals will overwinter.

They will nectar on a wide range of flowers, Buddleias, Valerian, bramble flowers as this photo shows, and many others. It really does resemble a tiny humming bird when seen suspended in the air feeding at its chosen blossom.

7 thoughts on “Hummingbird Hawk moth, Badbury Rings

  1. David van den Elst

    7th April 2019 (yesterday!) saw a humming-bird hawkmoth in Sherborne, Extratordinary!
    Proof of over-wintering? Or did it fly over here last week?? Long way if so!

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  2. Lynda Lambert

    Don’t suppose we will ever know for sure David, but quite possibly an overwintered one.
    I saw a mention of one seen a while back ,and further north, on Twitter and surely that must have been an overwintered one.

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  3. David Vickers

    I saw one two weeks ago in my garden in Stoke-on-Trent, I watched it for approx. 15 minutes. I have also seen them here in previous years.

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