brimon said:

I have just been watching a hummingbird hawk moth feeding on the bright red
flowers on my pelagoniums
just beside me on the patio. It went from flower to flower putting its
incredibly long proboscis right into
the flower to feed off the nectar and then moving very quickly to the next
plant.
I have never seen anything like it here in UK.
It was a very sunny afternoon in Cheshire - is this yet another example of
climate change or is this not as rare
as I thought.
There is a short video of the moth in action on
http://people.freenet.de/jfeldhusen/..._Hawk_Moth.htm

I hope this is not considered off topic but would like to hear if this was a
rare sighting.

Brian

Yup - we had one yesterday up here in Wigan - lovely sight, hovering in and
out of the geraniums and pelagoniums. Saw one in 2000 as well, but none at
any other time in 15 years up here...
The wife thought it was a small bird at first, then she ran in and declared
we had "killer bees" invading the Patio.. LOL
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You can't have it all -
Where would you put it ?