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Sunday 22 August 2010: hummingbird moth

I'v been trying to get a decent shot of this amazing creature all week. About 25 mm long they perfectly mimic a humming bird, feeding with their long proboscis from the Spanish Flag flowers, zipping in and out of the long stems with a blur of wings

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