Discovery

Sometimes it's the discovery of small things that gives me the most joy. Take, for example, the 'Moro-Sphinx' (Macroglossum stellatarum, or Hummingbird Hawk-moth). Check it out here. I've seen this thing once, whilst sitting by the pool in Coubeyrac. Hearing the humming this thing made I thought I'd stumbled upon a French hummingbird but, yet still equally interestingly, it was only an insect. Still! It was enormous (for an insect) - about 1 1/2 inches long and beautiful. Ah, the small things in life....