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A snowberry clearwing, gathers pollen from a summer lilac flowers in autumn.

Hummingbird Hawk Moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) flying over flowers in garden

Macroglossum stellatarum flying over the flower.

Taubenschwänzchen, Hummingbird Hawkmoth (Macroglossum Stellatarum).

hummingbird hawk-moth feeding on a butterfly bush on blurred background. Selective focus.

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.

Pellucid hawk moth Cephonodes hylas sucking nectar from zinnia flower in flower garden, natural bokeh background

Hummingbird clearwing moth feeding on butterfly bush

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

Close-up of a pretty pigeon tail looking for food, taken in Germany on a sunny day.

Hummingbird Hawk Moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) Fly Over Flower in Garden

Little butterfly Macroglossum stellatarum fly over flower in garden

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

a hummingbird hawkmoth at a yellow flower

A White-Lined Sphinx moth, also known as a Hummingbird moth, feeding from a Lantana plant during autumn, in the Sonoran Desert Region of Arizona.

Hummingbird Moth on gerbera flower,image of a

Hovering next to lobelia flowers, a wild white-lined sphinx moth drinks up nectar with his long proboscis in Chatfield State Park Littleton, Colorado.

One flying hummingbird hawk moth belonging to group of butterfly moth flying at lavender flower outdoors in garden, macrophoto

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

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

Macro of a hummingbird hawkmoth flying to a flower

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above pink flowers of bergenia crassifolia, below macroglossum stellatarum with open orange wings, on a gray background

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

hummingbird hawk-moth over a flower (Macroglossum stellatarum)

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