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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 butterfly as it prepares to suck nectar.

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 hawkmoth (Macroglossum stellatarum) flying on Abelia grandiflora compacta

The Hummingbird Hawkmoths (Macroglossum stellaturum)

hovering of Hummingbird Hawkmoth Macroglossum stellatarum

Hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) in flight sucks nectar from a flower of Launaea arborescens - Lanzarote, Canary Islands

Hummingbird Hawk-moth insect hovering above lavender plant while drinking nectar with long proboscis

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

Little butterfly Macroglossum stellatarum fly over flower in garden

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

The small blue flowers and it’s big pollinater

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

a hummingbird hawkmoth at a yellow flower

Taubenschwänzchen, Hummingbird Hawkmoth (Macroglossum Stellatarum).

Macroglossum stellatarum flying over the flower.

1:1 macro shot of a bumble-bee flying around the flower.

One flying flapping hummingbird hawk moth with long proboscis drinking at lavender flower outdoors in garden, side view, macro

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

Pigeon Tails in the Hoverflig on Bartblume,Eifel,Germany

Close-up detailed photo of a Hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) on a wildflower against green natural 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)

Hummingbird clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe) feeding on butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii), extending its pollen-covered proboscis into a blossom. Taken in a Connecticut flower garden, summer.

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