The problem with Hummingbird Hawkmoths is that they don't sit still for photos.
The hummingbird hawk-moth migrates to the UK from Southern Europe each year. It can be seen hovering over flowers, feeding with its long proboscis; its wings move so quickly that it 'hums'.
This is only the third time in all my years of having a garden that I've seen one. It was on the Valerian which is one of those plants that just arrives and spreads.
Red valerian was introduced in the 1600s from Europe, but is now naturalised in the UK. Its pinky-red flowers grow from old walls, roadside verges, railway cuttings and cliffs, and provide nectar for insects.
Hooray for patches of garden where anything is left to grow and to being in the right place at the right moment to spot this intriguing creature.
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I remember the first time I saw one it was on the flowers of soapwort or Saponaria it is very exciting and as you say impossible to photo.
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