Butterfly orchid pollinator

Small Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila porcellus) nectaring on Greater Butterfly Orchid (Platanthera chlorantha) with pollinia. Sussex, UK.

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behaviour calcareous grassland deilephila porcellus feeding flora flower grassland greater butterfly orchid insect invertebrate june lepidoptera nectaring night nocturnal platanthera chlorantha pollination pollinator small elephant hawk-moth summer sussex uk wildflower wildlife

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Darwin's Moths, Invertebrates, Miscellaneous