‘Grey lump with orange wings’: migrating moth descends on UK gardens
•Hummingbird hawk-moths are increasingly spotted in UK gardens due to favorable weather and food scarcity in Europe.
•Sightings have been reported by residents, including Luke Burstow, who described the moth as a "grey lump with orange wings."
•This species migrates to the UK from continental Europe and North Africa.
المصدر: The Guardian World | Source: The Guardian WorldBoom in hummingbird hawk-moth sightings put down to hot weather, strong winds and food scarcity in Europe
He had just sat down to dinner in the garden when a speedy visitor whizzed by – a “grey lump with orange wings”, recalled Luke Burstow, from Sussex. It was a hummingbird hawk-moth, a flying insect that migrates to the UK from continental Europe and north Africa.
“I was like: ‘Wow!’,” said the software project manager. “I didn’t even know they existed.”
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→Hummingbird hawk-moths are increasingly spotted in UK gardens due to favorable weather and food scarcity in Europe.
→Sightings have been reported by residents, including Luke Burstow, who described the moth as a "grey lump with orange wings."
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