Hummingbird Moth

4 p.m Friday 4th August 2006.

Hummingbird Moth in the garden feeding on Verbena bonariensis. Looked like a tiny hummingbird, mousey brown body. Black end with white spots. Long tongue for feeding on nectar.

Fisrt one I've seen. It's wings beat so fast they make an audible hum.

Apparently they can't survive the winter here, so are summer visitors from southern europe.

Too excited to take a photo - it whizzed off anyway - so here's one from the net.

Dickie