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Macroglossum stellatarum
Not to sure if he moth I have named as seems a lot more orange in colour than the Google image search result
UK and my back garden
I was in my kitchen making a cup of tea and happened to glance out of the window and spotted this moth flying among my Purple buddleia flowers growing at the bottom of my garden, I was lucky enough to be able to zoom in with my bridge camera and take a few shots.
3 Comments
Sorry I got this species confused with another one... Very cool!
Very cool I have also heard this be called the clear winged moth
Welcome to Project Noah TommyStannett
Nice first spotting,congrats and thanks for sharing
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