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.
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!
What a magnificent creature. I do hope we will see more of them.
What a magnificent creature. I do hope we will see more of them.
Any more sightings in Sherborne David?
Any similar sightings this year?
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.
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.