A hawk moth in our garden!



Photo by Frank Wouters / Attribution 2.0 Generic creative commons licence

This is what a hummingbird hawk moth looks like, and until yesterday we’d never seen one in the garden.

Sadly I missed it’s appearance, but my Dad saw it and ran for his camera and he managed a few shots. My Dad had no idea what he was seeing!

I ID’d using the Butterfly Conservation website, you can read about the hummingbird hawk moth HERE. If you see one you can record the sighting HERE.

Our buddlia has done a good job bringing in the butterflies and moths this year.

Luckily it came back! And I managed to get some photos with the DSLR HERE