Hummingbird Hawk Moth

[wobe]

I though this was some strange local (Japan) type of bee - it hovers just like a hummingbird and unfurls its long tongue to drink the nectar. The wimgs are furious - just about invisible to the naked eye and unlike most moths this can really shift - again very much like a hummingbird.
Only when I got back and looked it up i was astonished to see it is a type of moth(!) No fluttering slowcoach this one!

Sony A7RV / Sony FE 24-105 G OSS

[url=https://flic.kr/p/2pcUecq]Hummingbird Hawk Moth by Tursiops, on Flickr[/URL]

 

[Jeff15]

A very nice shot....

 

[terri]

Aren't they strange? The first time I saw one I thought it was a juvenile hummingbird.

They're really fun to watch. You have a nice capture here!