while i was in france i spent ages chasing these little guys round with my camera trying to get a good picture of them!
there's amazing! it's a hummingbird hawk moth -
"The moth itself is often mistaken for a hummingbird as it hovers above the flowers. The moths have a brown, white-spotted abdomen, brown forewings and orange hindwings. They have a wingspan of 40-50 mm. The wings beat so fast that they produce an audible hum.
Hummingbird hawk-moths are day fliers, preferring bright sunlight, but may also be seen at dawn and dusk and rarely at night. They are strongly attracted to flowers with a plentiful supply of nectar such as petunias, honeysuckle and buddleia. Studies have noted that have a remarkable memory, and return to the same flowerbeds at the same time everyday. They cannot survive the winter months and so migrate to southern parts of Europe."
there's amazing! it's a hummingbird hawk moth -
"The moth itself is often mistaken for a hummingbird as it hovers above the flowers. The moths have a brown, white-spotted abdomen, brown forewings and orange hindwings. They have a wingspan of 40-50 mm. The wings beat so fast that they produce an audible hum.
Hummingbird hawk-moths are day fliers, preferring bright sunlight, but may also be seen at dawn and dusk and rarely at night. They are strongly attracted to flowers with a plentiful supply of nectar such as petunias, honeysuckle and buddleia. Studies have noted that have a remarkable memory, and return to the same flowerbeds at the same time everyday. They cannot survive the winter months and so migrate to southern parts of Europe."
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Were you in France just to photograph little creatures or more like a holiday?
Yeh, it was nice to meet you too! Hope you had an ok night. I really emjoyed myself.
There aren't really any other nights that I know of that play rubbish pop punk and that's what I like rocking out to, haha!
But yeh craptastic is definitely the word for it
The sleep thing is difficult. There's not really much you can do if you're just not tired
I reckon once the stress levels decrease then you can get back to normal...
Yeh, I guess I'll see you at the Leeds meet and have a proper chat to you there. I think there should be quite a few people going. Looking forward to it!
xxx
Those tutorials sound good; thanks for offering to send them. Is it one big tutorial, or lots of little units? I'm only asking because I'm still on dial-up, and any huge files would be too hard on my poor old computer
I'm thinking of going to that Leeds thing you mentioned - I've seen it mentioned on the SGUK page, even though I'm not in the club yet. Tis tempting!