Hummingbird Hawk-moth

Description:

I saw it one evening, sipping nectar from a flower.

Habitat:

Near Retezat National Park, Romania.

Notes:

”Wingspan 40-50 mm. An immigrant species which sometimes occurs in large numbers. It flies in the sunshine and hovers in front of flowers, sipping the nectar with its long proboscis, very much like the hummingbird which gives it its name. The larvae feed on bedstraw (Galium), and some of these may hatch and give rise to autumn adults in an influx year.”