Whilst the steady stream of heatwaves this year are having some terrible effects on the countryside, one the benefits may be the large influx of insects including hummingbird hawkmoths. In previous years we have occasionally had them in the garden but this year they’re common and we have seen them frequently elsewhere in Northamptonshire. Today we found this one feeding happily in a local National Trust garden…
A hummingbird hawkmoth year
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