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Hummingbird hawk-moth sipping nectar

Capturing an image of a single one of these insects can be very difficult, because they tend to move away from humans, but my luck was in when I found several of them visiting this patch of flowers. Numbers appeared to make them less nervous.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2024
Date Uploaded: 11.2024
Photo Location: Sainte Foy la Grande, France
Copyright: © Alan Smith