Unusual Visitor

goodness how wonderful, such a treat to see!

Cool! How fortunate to have i visit! Thanks for sharing & accompanying info Tony

Gosh, you must have been getting some unseasonably hot weather, Tony! We get these a lot in May, June and July, but by the time August drags itself along, they have pretty much disappeared. They take my breath away - I never tire of watching them. It's hard to believe they aren't incredibly tiny humming birds. It's funny, we have a lot of lavender and I don't remember seeing the moths anywhere near them - they seem to prefer the bog-standard trailing petunias. Maybe they like bright colours! Has your mini heatwave ended now? Lovely and warm & sunny here today, but rain and plumetting temperatures due from Friday onwards. Not sorry, the garden desperately needs a lot of non-metered water!

Lucky you, I've never been lucky enough to have these in the garden, even though I grow loads of centranthus which I've heard they're supposed to love, I have seen pictures of one in a fellow GOYers garden not far from me so I've been on the lookout, aaah well maybe next year.
Didn't know they visited plants the same time each day, you learn something on here every day :-)

That is a real show stopper Tony.

Fascinating blog Tony, thankyou for sharing and well done getting the photo....

WoW, thats amazing, I would love one to visit my garden every day. Great pic too Tony..

oh how wonderful, i didnt know of the circuit method of flying round, so glad you told us, thanks for sharing

What an amazing little creature, great capture there Tony.

Wow. I recognised it as a hawk moth immediately on seeing the icture.

Such a great catch Tony.

How lucky that you should be there not only to spot it but also to get such a good photo, well done Tony. Bet you'll be there again tomorrow at 11 o'clock. It's certainly not something that you expect to see in a British garden.

Fascinating and lovely creatures! We used to have one as a regular visitor to our Buddleja when we lived in Britain, and just yesterday evening while sitting on the balcony (con vino!) next to my large tub of Buzy Lizzies, one of these little chaps came in for his supper and came so close I could feel the breeze from his wings! Lovely experience! You did well to get a photo - even though I have my camera to hand I've never been able to catch one still enough!

Thank you all for your kind comments. I feel i should explain that at no point did i mention that i actually took the picture. The wee beastie was moving very fast and i didn't have a long distance lens attached to the camera.
When i googled i came upon the picture which i used as it was a free use one to show you all the delights of the moth.Feel a bit of a fraud really especially after you all thought i had taken it. I did take some but they were too small to see the moth. Gardeners licence i would say..... much like chefs perks only no wine involved .....lol.
By the way, it didn't return this morning.

I've heard of these but never seen one. How wonderful to have caught it on camera :o)

These lovely creatures are regular visitors to our garden, usually early morning, or late afternoon...They adore Buddleia...and any flower they can get that long Proboscis deep into...Had the pleasure of seing a baby one this year...really cute...:)))