Hummingbird Hawk Moth

[British Red]

Delighted to see our "insect friendly" planting paying off with the return today of Humming Bird Hawk moths. I know they aren't that rare - but I do love to watch them hover


Hummingbird Hawk Moth by British Red, on Flickr

Red

 

[Mesquite]

Lovely...

 

[toilet digger]

my lass saw one on monday, she was pretty stoked too.

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Beautiful photo, blue & orange are complementary colours which you have managed to repeat at the top of the photo as well........stunning.

 

[robin wood]

Bonkers to think something an inch and a half long flew here from the Mediterranean or even North Africa. Why do they do it?

 

[British Red]

cos BB grows lovely lavender hedges interspersed with 35 other insecty (is that a word?) flowers and its now on their travel agents site? No? Ahhh well thought not

Does make a huge difference though now we have all these flowers. We have some lovely solitary bees too making nests in the grass.

I know its a tiny thing, but it pleases us.

I just want stag beetles in our wood pile now

oh and barn owls in the barn owl box....rather than pigeons

They are nesting in our neighbours barn this year so I suspect we are too close for the territories

 

[Shewie]

Great piccie Red, never seen one myself

 

[Barn Owl]

Great pic.

 

[launditch1]

Nice to see Red.I havent seen one for ages...
Is it true only certain people can hear them?Have you heard of that?

 

[JonathanD]

They are cracking little creatures. Another invasive species maybe, but one I love to watch on the lavender bushes at the bottom of our garden.

 

[British Red]

Nice to see Red.I havent seen one for ages...
Is it true only certain people can hear them?Have you heard of that?

Not heard that Nige - but if they are at a particular frequency it makes sense.

Its great to see these things for me. I doubt we are encouraging anything very original - just providing a little extra habitat so we get to enjoy them. That's enough for me. We have at least three sets of nesting goldfinches and a song thrush pair. I adore song thrushes - can listen to them for hours.

I must photograph the burrowing bees at some point!

 

[spartacus]

I can watch them for hours, it's just another little thing to make the day that little bit better. Good post.