Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Hummingbird hawk-moth

I was wandering in the gardens at our hotel A Cheda near Bonifacio, Corsica taking photos when I was excited to notice a hummingbird hawk-moth feeding on the flowers. This was the first one I've seen. (This is a European/Asian species but there are similar ones in North America.)

It is amazingly similar to a hummingbird (convergent evolution), hovering over flowers to feed and zipping between them. I didn't notice but apparently they even make a "humming" noise.

I had my camera ready, but even then it was hard to catch since it didn't sit still for very long. I managed a few decent shots:

Hummingbird hawk-moth

Hummingbird hawk-moth

Hummingbird hawk-moth

I would say it was around 5 cm long (2 in).

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