Hummingbird Moth

White-lined Sphinx Moth. Canon R5, 100mm, handheld, 1/1000 @ f8, ISO 1600

Another hummingbird photo? No, not yet anyway. This is what is commonly called a hummingbird moth, or more correctly a White-lined Spinx Moth. But they do mimic the behavior of a hummingbird in that they feed by hovering near a flower. They then feed through a proboscis, a long straw-like tube, they keep rolled up and extend to get nectar from flowers.

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