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few honeybee and butterfly on lavender flowers in panoramic view

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.

Close up of a meadow brown (maniola jurtina) butterfly on heliotrope (heliotropium arborescens) flowers

Butterflys sitting on the purple Buddleia in the garden

Black Swallowtail feeding on purple Milk Thistle flower, two bees hooving in the background

Painted Lady, Tortoiseshell & Peacock Butterflies, plus a honey bee, taking full advantage of some early September sunshine on a Buddleia Flower. Kenmare, Co. Cork (03/09/18)

A Red Admiral Butterfly, Vanessa atalanta, drinking nectar from a pink Buddleja flower, against a defocussed natural background. Shallow dof, focus is on butterfly's eye.

few honeybee, butterfly and ladybird on lavender flowers in panoramic view

A Fire-rim Tortoiseshell butterfly, gathers pollen from a summer lilac flowers in autumn.

Buddleja or Butterfly Bush is a Shrub that Attracts Bees and Other Insects

An image of a Red Admiral feeding on a thistle head

Closeup of colorful butterfly on wild flower in a meadow

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

A spicebush swallowtail butterfly on a purple flower.

Pigeon Tails in the Hoverflig on Bartblume,Eifel,Germany

Butterfly - Pipevine Swallowtail Perched on Bee Balm

Drinking up nectar from milkweed flowers, a wild, mourning cloak butterfly feeds in Waterton Canyon near the South Platte River in Littleton, Colorado.

Small tortoiseshell butterfly( the national butterfly of Denmark), aglais io and a thistle butterfly.

Daytime front view close-up of the underside of a single 'Vanessa atalanta' or 'red admiral' butterfly sitting on blooming summer lilac (Buddleja davidii)

Varied Eggfly Butterfly (Female) In Subtropical Australian Garden. Also Known As Blue Moon Butterfly

The small heath is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae, classified within the subfamily Satyrinae. It is the smallest butterfly in this subfamily.

Silver-spotted skipper feeding on obedient plant flower. The silver-spotted skipper is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. Obedient plant or false dragonhead is a plant in the mint family.

Closeup of Hummingbird Hawk-moth butterfly (Macroglossum stellatarum) feeding of red valerian flowers (Centranthus ruber) in flight. Its a species of hawk moth found across temperate regions of Eurasia

Peacock butterfly on a leaf in Gosforth Park Nature Reserve.

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