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Taubenschwänzchen, Hummingbird Hawkmoth (Macroglossum Stellatarum).
Hummingbird hawk-moth - Macroglossum stellatarum - sucks nectar with its proboscis from a blossom of the common sage - Salvia officinalis
Dead moth insect on white background
Hawk Moth Butterfly
Hummingbird hawk moth feeding on flower, Macroglossum stellatarum, Iglesias, South Sardinia, Italy. Mediterranean.
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.
Pigeon tails in fly,Eifel,Germany.
Macroglossum stellatarum flying over the flower.
Night moth - sphinx moth, feeds on flower nectar. Photographed during the night
A hummingbird hawk-moth getting a snack from a butterfly bush.
Little hummingbird hawkmoth hovering in a purple field of lavender, macroglossum stellatarum
Hawk moth on flower.
Hyles Lineata (moth)
Hummingbird clearwing moth at purple vervain, extending its proboscis into a blossom. Taken in a Connecticut garden, summer.
Macroglossum stellatarum collects flower nectar
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.
The hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) hovering over a on a blue  flower. Closeup of a Hummingbird hawk moth sucking nectar from flower in the garden.\nAlgarve, Portugal. Green background
Pigeon Tails in the Hoverflig on Bartblume,Eifel,Germany
Hummingbird hawk moth - Macroglossum stellatarum - sucks nectar from pink flower with its proboscis
One flying hummingbird hawk moth belonging to group of butterfly moth flying at lavender flower outdoors in garden, macrophoto
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.
1:1 macro shot of a bumble-bee flying around the flower.
Hummingbird hawk-moth feeding on vibrant pink zinnia in natural habitat.
Hummingbird hawk-moth feeding on red Valerian.
Hawkmoth on flower.
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 in my Garden in Summer 2023.
Hummingbird Hawk Moth Butterfly (Macroglossum stellatarum) Drinking Nectar From Flower During Hovering Flight
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Little butterfly Macroglossum stellatarum fly over flower in garden
Pigeon tails in fly,Eifel,Germany.
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