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In a recent post (Moths matter, 4 August), I included photographs of a stationary Hummingbird hawk-moth that had flown past me before going to ground on the path in front of me. This week, during a walk along the embankment footpath where the River Ely flows in to Cardiff Bay, I watched spellbound as another of these magical moths hovered, feeding from Red valerian flowers, right in front me. I took rather a lot of photos, clicking almost continuously, hoping I was getting some in focus. This, I think, is the best of those images, and one I’m very pleased with. And, yes, that tongue!

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