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hawkmoth::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hawk moth, hummingbird moth, sphingid, sphinx moth |
| Type of | moth |
| Has types | death's-head moth, acherontia atropos, manduca sexta, manduca quinquemaculata |
Examples of hawkmoth
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It is dusk and I stand with an eyed hawkmoth perched on the tip of my left index finger.
From the guardian.co.uk
The wing of a Manduca sexta, or tobacco hawkmoth, reveals the extent of deformation during flight.
From the sciencedaily.com
A large, day-flying moth, the hummingbird hawkmoth hovers over flowers such as buddleia and valerian, hence its name.
From the independent.co.uk
Typically, the onset of metamorphosis to the adult tobacco hawkmoth is associated with the loss of juvenile hormone.
From the sciencedaily.com
I found the wierdest flying creature in my garden last night, and after extensive research found out it is a hummingbird hawkmoth.
From the guardian.co.uk
In the tobacco hawkmoth, tissues starved during the last stage of larval development stop growing because they lack the proper nutrients.
From the sciencedaily.com
By sensing a gradient in humidity, a hawkmoth can tell whether an evening primrose flower contains nectar without having to land and probe it.
From the sciencedaily.com
When a hummingbird hawkmoth, Macroglossum stellatarum, has just emerged from its chrysalis, it seeks out flowers that are 32 millimetres in diameter.
From the newscientist.com
Many of our moths are quite as spectacularly beautiful as any butterfly, as anyone who has caught sight of a Jersey tiger or an eyed hawkmoth will tell you.
From the independent.co.uk
Hence, with the hawkmoth staying longer on the plant, the quantity of seeds produced corresponds to the one that the biologist obtained with manual pollination.
From the sciencedaily.com
- Any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed
- Sphingidae is a family of moths (Lepidoptera), commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms, that includes about 1,200 species (Grimaldi & Engel, 2005). It is best represented in the tropics but there are species in every region (Scoble, 1995). ...
- Any of several moths, of the family Sphingidae, that hover over flowers when sucking nectar through a long proboscis
