Moira liked that... don't give her ideas :o:)
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That's a bee hawk-moth. I only ever saw one of those... in the garden here in Lincolnshire.
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What can I tell you, August, except that your link is either ignorant or that in the USA these day-flying moths are all known (carelessly, I'd suggest) as Humming-bird Hawk-moths. But as far as I am aware, animal taxonomy is international, which would make your link plain wrong! Anyway, in Britain the Humming-bird Hawk-moth does not have clear wings... these belong to the Narrow-bordered and Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moths... please look at these reliable links:
http://butterfly-conservation.org/51...hawk-moth.html and http://butterfly-conservation.org/51...hawk-moth.html and http://butterfly-conservation.org/51...hawk-moth.html Maybe you got hold of some fake news, mate. |
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For anyone who might still be interested, this Wiki-link helps clear it up:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummingbird_hawk-moth Quote: "Moths in the Hemaris genus of the family Sphingidae are known as "hummingbird moths" in the U.S. and "bee moths" in Europe, which sometimes causes confusion between this species and the North American genus." Wiki clarifies things here, confirming my suspicions, but still mistakenly says these are known as "bee moths" in Europe, when they are, as I said correctly, known over here as "bee hawk-moths". The following photo is from my 'Bible': "Butterflies & Moths of Britain and Europe" by David Carter (ISBN 0 330 26642 X) since of course I stand by the European taxonomy: http://i.imgur.com/y84gn73.jpg In the text these are described as "Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth", "Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth" and (below) the "Humming-bird Hawk-moth"... which I am guessing you do not have in the US. So when I see what you saw in my garden, it is a bee hawk-moth. |
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So is there a 4th species that is called the "Hummingbird Hawk Moth" (no bee)? |
It's not a "4th" species... there are a number of other Hawk-moths, but only one Humming-bird Hawk-moth (in Europe).
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