The Hummingbird hawk moth

Macroglossum stellatarum - Hummingbird hawk moth. These moths are one of our daytime flying moths, most often seen between May and September, up and down the country. They are super quick and cover some serious miles, this makes hawk moths excellent pollinators, although they don't pollinate food crops, the really long proboscis helps them sip nectar from all sorts of flowers making them a vital pollinator to our native flowers. Identifiable by the orange and brown hind wings and the fact they look like miniature hummingbirds, with a wing span of 50-58mm they are still a good size, you can often hear the loud humming coming from the wings, but don't let this put you off they really are amazing to watch if you come across one. Hummingbird hawk moths are neither rare nor common due to the fact they are migratory, some years we see large numbers and other years we see very few, this was the first one I had seen in person back in 2022. Sorry, it's not a better quality video they are hard to capture at that speed when the sun is so bright 😂 🐛🦋