View Single Post
  #7   Report Post  
Old 16-03-2007, 11:15 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Bob Hobden Bob Hobden is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by GardenBanter: Aug 2006
Posts: 5,056
Default Hummingbird Hawk Moth


"Sacha" wrote ..
This really is extraordinary. In the biggest greenhouse this morning, a
customer suddenly said "WHAT'S THAT????" and there, buzzing about a stand
of
primulas, was a hummingbird hawk moth! Normally, we see these in the
garden
in hot summers in August and September, often on Salvia involucrata. But
in
March......?!


Take a look at...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummingbird_hawk_moth
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galium

Have you got one of these species growing in the greenhouse/garden or
perhaps nearby?
If not you may get them to breed if you plant some in a clump somewhere.

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK