chenille / feminine noun
Aut, Zool caterpillar.

20100913 caterpillar La Chenille

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…

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20100623 whatisit Quest ce que cest?

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.

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The sun is shining so the Lizards are out and about, charging their batteries and generally scampering around.

20100417 lezard 0 Le lézard des murailles

Wikipedia link

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