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Aut, Zool caterpillar.
The Biggest caterpillar I have ever seen! At first I thought it could be something to do with the Hummingbird Hawk Moths we saw earlier in the year, but it looks more like a tomato or tobacco hornworm. Whatever it is I hope it doesn’t find my veggies too delicious…
Seriously, what is it?
It hovers like a hummingbird, is the size of a large bumble bee, looks furry, or is it feathery?
It has a proboscis like a butterfly and it loves sage flowers just like the bees.
Answers on a postcard…
….25th June….Thanks to Jennie and Diane we have a positive identification, it’s a Hummingbird Hawk Moth or Macroglossum stellatarum to be more scientific. UK sightings are being recorded here.
The sun is shining so the Lizards are out and about, charging their batteries and generally scampering around.
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