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The bedstraw hawk-moth (Hyles gallii) belongs to the hawk moth family (Sphingidae). It can be encountered both at night and during the day.

Close-up of a young moro-sphinx butterfly in hover flight in front of sweet pea flowers

Hummingbird clearwing moth at purple vervain, extending its proboscis into a blossom. Taken in a Connecticut garden, summer.

Pigeon tail, Macroglossum, stellatarum, one of the almost exotic insects, is the pigeon tail or hummingbird warmer, which reminds of hummingbirds with its whirring flight and comes to us from the south in summer.

Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) is eating nectar from red valerian flower with vibrant pink color flowers like a hummingbird. The Moro Sphinx or Sphinx Hummingbird is an insect belonging to the order Lepidoptera. It is a small Sphingidae. The Moro sphinx has a very long proboscis for foraging flowers hovering at how hummingbirds. It usually gathers nectar from flowers that other insects can not reach. Photography in selective focus of the insect flying during pollination process on red valerian flower plant in nature, during summer, spring season.

A hummingbird moth flies over lantana flowers. This insect flaps its wings very rapidly and hence names like the hummingbird. A fast camera is needed with good lighting in order to freeze the insect in the photo!

Hummingbird clearwing moth feeding on butterfly bush

Hummingbird hawkmoth (Macroglossum stellatarum) flying on Abelia grandiflora compacta

Hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) feeding on nectar

$Sphinx pinastri, the pine hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in Palearctic realm and sometimes the Nearctic realm. This species has been found in Scotland but is usually found in England. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. \nThe larvae feed on Scots pine, Swiss pine, Siberian pine and Norway spruce. \nDescription:\nThe wings of Sphinx pinastri are grey with black dashes. The wingspan is 70–89 mm. The moth flies from April to August depending on the location. \nThe back of the thorax is grey with two dark bands around both sides. \nLife cycle:\nThe females lay their eggs in groups of two or three along pine or spruce needles (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis Picture is made during a Long Weekend in the South of Belgium in June 2019.$

Hummingbird moth approaching phlox in New Jersey during summer.

A hummingbird hawk-moth getting a snack from a butterfly bush.

A hummingbird moth hawk collects pollen from a bright red Cinnia flower. Macroglossum stellatarum hovering over a flower in the garden. Close-up

Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) is eating nectar from pink valerian flower like a hummingbird.

Hummingbird hawk-moth - Macroglossum stellatarum - sucks nectar with its proboscis from a blossom of the common sage - Salvia officinalis

hovering of Hummingbird Hawkmoth Macroglossum stellatarum

Taubenschwänzchen, Hummingbird Hawkmoth (Macroglossum Stellatarum).

Hummingbird Hawk Moth flies around the flower head, beautiful butterfly

$The insect is cephonodes hylas, also known as hummingbird hawk-moth, coffee bee hawk-moth, pellucid hawk moth, coffee clear wing, hovering and sucking nectar from salvia/sage flowers, using proboscis.\nCephonodes hylas, with a size of 5-7 cm, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. A widely distributed moth, it is found in the Near and Middle East, Africa, India, Japan, Southeast Asia, Australia and some others. It has transparent wings and stout body like a bumble bee.$

The palmivorous butterfly (or palm sphynx) is a species native to South America. With a wingspan of 11 cm, it has a very good ability to fly. It is an invasive species that causes significant damage to the palm tree, even killing the plant.

Moth gathering pollen from a butterfly bush. The moth looks like a cross between a bumble bee and humming bird, is called be many names Snowberry clearwing moth, hummingbird clearwing moth, Hemaris thysbe and others.

Macroglossum stellatarum flying over the flower.

Pigeon Tails in the Hoverflig on Bartblume,Eifel,Germany

Little butterfly Macroglossum stellatarum fly over flower in garden

$The hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) is a species of hawk moth found across temperate regions of Eurasia. The species is named for its similarity to hummingbirds, as they feed on the nectar of tube-shaped flowers using their long proboscis while hovering in the air; this resemblance is an example of convergent evolution. \nLife cycle:\nTwo or more broods are produced each year. The adult may be encountered at any time of the year, especially in the south of the range, where there may be three or four broods. It overwinters as an adult in a crevice among rocks, trees, and buildings. On very warm days it may emerge to feed in mid-winter. Unlike other moths, they have no sexual dimorphism in the size of their antennal lobes.\nHabitat and host plants:\nHummingbird hawk-moths can be easily seen in gardens, parks, meadows, bushes, and woodland edge, where the preferred food plants grow (honeysuckle, red valerian and many others). \nTheir larvae usually feed on bedstraws or madders (Rubia) but have been recorded on other Rubiaceae and Centranthus, Stellaria, and Epilobium. \nAdults are particularly fond of nectar-rich flowers with a long and narrow calyx, since they can then take advantage of their long proboscis and avoid competition from other insects. Flowers with longer tubes typically present the feeding animal a higher nectar reward. Proboscis length is thought to have been evolutionarily impacted by the length of flower feeding tubes.] Examples of such plants include Centranthus, Jasminum, Buddleia, Nicotiana, Primula, Viola, Syringa, Verbena, Echium, Phlox, and Stachys. \nDistribution:\nThe hummingbird hawk-moth is distributed throughout the northern Old World from Portugal to Japan, but it breeds mainly in warmer climates (southern Europe, North Africa, and points east). Three generations are produced in a year in Spain. \n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation in Bulgaria in May 2018.$

A White-lined Sphinx Moth searching for nectar on the Baja Penninsula in Mexico

Hummingbird clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe) hovering at butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii), with the focus on its spiraled, pollen-covered proboscis. Taken in a Connecticut flower garden, summer.

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