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Plebeius Argus Butterfly on a leave (Silver Studded Blue Butterfly)

An image of a Red Admiral feeding on a thistle head

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

Pyrgus malvae, the grizzled skipper, is a butterfly species from the family Hesperiidae. It is a small skipper with a chequered pattern on its wings.

Ochlodes sylvanus Large Skipper Butterfly Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Large Skipper butterfly on Oregano flower.

Wax moth species, Satara, Maharashtra, India

Two six spot burnet moths and single bumble bee on pink burdock flower in grass meadow

A Clearwing Hummingbird Moth hovers with its long tongue ready for some more nectar from a purple flower

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.

Hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) fast flying butterfly feeding on purple flowers in summer month of july

Holly blue butterfly in macro closeup, common insect specie from Eurasia

An image of a Comma Butterfly nectaring on a thistle head

Moths on leaves in nature, North China Plain

A macro shot of an autographa gamma drinking nectar from a purple thistle flower

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close up on ladybug and white butterfly on thistle flowers in meadow

Small brown butterfly on a dry plant in nature close up of a dingy skipper in the wild

Spicebush swallowtail butterfly on the very tip of blooming field thistle. Medium close-up with bokeh background. Taken at a farm in Connecticut, midsummer.

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