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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.

Hummingbird hawk-moth feeding on vibrant pink zinnia in natural habitat.

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.

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

Little butterfly Macroglossum stellatarum fly over flower in garden

Taubenschwänzchen, Hummingbird Hawkmoth (Macroglossum Stellatarum).

Macroglossum stellatarum flying over the flower.

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

Closeup butterfly on flower (Common tiger butterfly)

A Hummingbird moth samples a flower with its long nose. This insect beats its wings very quickly, hence the name hummingbird moth.

A tiny hummingbird moth, feeding on the flowers of a butterfly bush.

Close-up shot of a Colibri Moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) collecting nectar from flowers

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

$Hummingbird hawkmoth, also known as Cephonodes hylas, Coffee bee hawkmoth, Pellucid hawkmoth, or Coffee clearwing, is hovering and sucking nectar from torenia flowers, using its proboscis.\nHummingbird hawkmoth, with a size of 5-7 cm, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It has transparent wings and stout body like a bumble bee.\nTorenia, also known as wishbone flower, is a perennial plant. The plant derives its name from the wishbone-shaped stamen found inside the flower’s throat. The plant is in bloom in summer and autumn and the flowers come in various colors, including white, blue, purple, yellow and violet.$

A gray moth flies over blooming flowers in the front garden.

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

Macroglossum stellatarum collects flower nectar

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

Close-up view of hummingbird perched on pink flower facing the camera, with its wings spread out. The flower is in full bloom, with bright pink color. The background is blurred, with bokeh.

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

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

A hummingbird hawk-moth in action over a bright orange flower.

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

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