What a brilliant shot, Bhumesh!
I don't know the species but it is a humming-bird hawk moth.
Max
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The Glass House Trilogy (Eppie finalists), A Cry of Shadows, The Devil is in
the Details, Trapdoor, Tapestry
Scarab - Akhenaten (Book 1 of the Amarnan Kings), Scarab - Smenkhkare (Book 2
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From: bhumesh bharti
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 6:25 PM
To: butterfly india ; india nature
Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Catch of the day: Whats that??
Hi
Please let me know about this insect bigger than a honey bee. Not at all
sitting on the flower but sucking the nector with its long tube while flying
and staying on the flower.
Clicked at dehradun with my Nikon D80.
Bhumesh Bharti
212 Indresh Nagar, Kanwali Road
Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
Ph: 09719005759
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