RARE HUMMINGBIRD MOTH IN HOLSWORTHY.

A RARE HUMMINGBIRD HAWK MOTH WAS SEEN AT WEDNESDAYS PANNIER MARKET IN HOLSWORTHY .A PICTURE OF THE MOTH WAS TAKEN BY LOCAL MARTIN PRENTICE IN HOLSWORTHY POST LAST WEEK- THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN BY PENNYTONES STALL -STADDON FARM NURSERY.A NATIVE OF AFRICA BUT SEEN COMMONLY IN U.K DURING WARMER CLIMATE.THE MOTH RESEMBLES A HUMMINGBIRD AS IT FLIES RAPIDLY BETWEEN PLANTS .IT HAS FOREWINGS THAT ARE GREYISH-BROWN,BLACK AND WHITE CHECKERED BODY.LOG YOUR BUTTERFLY SIGHTINGS AT -BUTTERFLY-CONSERVATION.ORG/SIGHTINGS/MAP/1087.