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Macroglossum stellatarum
Macroglossum stellatarum
Macroglossum stellatarum Humming-bird Hawk-moth Wingspan 40 mm to 45 mm
Flight season … All Year, hibernates as adult but rarely survives the winter north of the Alps.
Habitat…. Various, flower endowed gardens, nectars on a wide variety of wild flowers. meadows, and parks.
The larvae are green or brown, feeds on bedstraws and Rubia (perennial, scrambling or climbing herbs and subshrubs)
Day and night flying moth seen hovering, sometimes at speed in front of open flowers; using its very long proboscis to extract the nectar as shown in some of the images below.
Also, In a image below you can see The Humming-bird hawk-moth resting on a stone.
Read MoreFlight season … All Year, hibernates as adult but rarely survives the winter north of the Alps.
Habitat…. Various, flower endowed gardens, nectars on a wide variety of wild flowers. meadows, and parks.
The larvae are green or brown, feeds on bedstraws and Rubia (perennial, scrambling or climbing herbs and subshrubs)
Day and night flying moth seen hovering, sometimes at speed in front of open flowers; using its very long proboscis to extract the nectar as shown in some of the images below.
Also, In a image below you can see The Humming-bird hawk-moth resting on a stone.
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Macroglossum stellatarum
Humming Bird Hawk-Moth,
Alicante, Spain.
Date: June 2014
Macroglossum stellatarumHawkMothMothSphingidaeHumming Bird HawkMoth
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