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Just seen a moth wizzing round the garden, it had a long nose/bill type poity bit and seemed to hover like a humming bird.. Any ideas wot it is?
Hummingbird hawk moth, funnily enough.
baby robins do that too.
I've just seen a platypus with a sort of duck bill? Any ideas?
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i thought I saw a hummingbird a little while ago. i'd seen the size, the hovery flight, beak thing out front.
I got all excited, followed it to see it land, and it turned out to be a stag beetle.
Maybe you can see from this how I might have been fooled, but maybe not!
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just looked it up and indeed it is a hummingbird hawk moth 🙄
big f&%kers aren't they?
Hummingbird Hawk Moth indeed. I took this photo in the Pyrenees last year. I didnt realise they could be spotted in the UK though!
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global warming dudes. warmer summers apparently
Last time I saw a Hummingbird Hawk Moth must be around 25-30 years ago. Global warming? Per-lease, the planet's been [i]cooling[/i] for several years.
Global warming? Per-lease, the planet's been cooling for several years.
Reeeeeeeally? Well that's great news. You should probably notify [url= http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?tip=1&id=6778 ]The Royal Society[/url] of your findings.