Hummingbird Hawk-moth ; Macroglossum stellatarum

This moth is common in the U.K. and in Southern Europe.

We saw it only twice on the island.

It is very very fast, hovers only a split second over a flower. Hard to catch with non high speed camera.
Photo - a bit unsharp - by Femia Cools



Macroglossum_stellatarum (English)

Kolibrievlinder (Dutch)