#bee hawk-moth

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Animal Coloration: An Account of the Principal Facts and Theories Relating to the Colors and Markings of Animals. Written by Frank E. Beddard. 1895.

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[onenicebugperday]

Tried to submit these but not sure if they went through so here they are again

Found this friend on our butterfly bush back in august :3

I think they’re a Bee Hawk-Moth but pls correct me if i’m wrong!

It sure is a bee hawk-moth! I looove the diurnal hawk-moths. Really excellent friends. Thank you for sharing this one! As always, submissions don’t count towards the one (1) nice bug per day.

[feathersandpaintbrushes]

Saw my first bee hawk-moth! I believe this species is a snowberry clearwing. Spotted in Toledo, Ohio

[ainawgsd]

Hemaris tityus, the narrow-bordered bee hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae which is native to the Palearctic. It frequents marshy woodland and damp moorland, and has a wide distribution across temperate Europe and Western Asia, but is generally quite scarce.

The narrow-bordered bee hawk-moth has a wide range, from Ireland across temperate Europe to the Ural Mountains, western Siberia, Novosibirsk and the Altai. It is also known from the Tian Shan eastwards across Mongolia to north-eastern China and southwards to Tibet. There is a separate population found from Turkey to northern Iran.

It appears in May and June and is a lively day-flier (unlike most other sphingids), generally active from mid-morning to mid-afternoon. The larvae feed on devil's-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) and field scabious (Knautia arvensis).

The narrow-bordered bee hawk-moth is one of two similar species of sphingid moth occurring in Britain that closely mimic a bumblebee. It is distinguished from H. fuciformis by the narrow band of scaling along the outer wing margin, and the forewing's undivided discal cell. It has a wingspan of 40–50 millimetres (1.6–2.0 in). 

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is it a hummingbirb? is it a moth?? idkk

AIN'T a brip is the IPMOSTER