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With Hemaris thysbe
Clear winged humming
Feeding plant: Galium aparine.
Balcony, attracted from surrounding countryside by night light.
Brown with orange stripes on its end and tufts that look like feathers
Macroglossum sitiene Walker, 1856 - Macroglossinae, Sphingidae.
Looks like a moth/humming
Regularly visits my workshop when I'm working with the doors open.
Just ...
Saw this interesting bug on the ground near some trees by the path while hiking ...
Wingspan 38 to 50 millimeters. Wings initially plum red to brownish black. ...
Chestnut colored with transparent wings
Moth that feeds during daytime flew into ...
Was trying out different settings to see how best to capture this
Adults are frequently mistaken for hummingbirds or bees because of their ...
Body length estimated at about 4 cm. Behaved a lot like a miniature
It was moving quickly between flowers ad the light was not good so I pushed the ...
This beautiful and sleek hawk moth has a ...
beneath. Very fast moving as they flit from flower to flower. Sometimes ...
olive-colored band on the forewings is not interrupted. These