Paul Hobson / Broad bordered bee hawk moth (Hemaris fuciformis) nectaring on Ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi). Lincolnshire, England, UK.

Paul Hobson / Broad bordered bee hawk moth (Hemaris fuciformis) nectaring on Ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi). Lincolnshire, England, UK.

Jussi Murtosaari / Broad-bordered Bee Hawk Moth (Hemaris fuciformis), feeding at Fly honeysuckle (Lonicera xylosteum), Finland, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Broad-bordered bee hawkmoth (Hemaris fuciformis) feeding, Grands Causses Regional Natural Park, France, May.

Lorraine Bennery / Broad-bordered bee hawkmoth (Hemaris fuciformis) feeding from flower, Grands Causses Regional Natural Park, France, May.

Paul D Stewart / Portrait of adult and larvae of the Broad bordered bee hawk moth (Hemaris fuciformis) and Narrow bordered Bee hawk moth (H. tityus) by August Johann Rosel von Rosenhof from his work 'Insect Amusements...

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of adult Broad bordered bee hawk moth (Hemaris fuciformis) copperplate art by August Johann Roesel von Rosenhof, from his work I'nsect Amusements' 1744. August

Loic Poidevin / Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth (Hemaris fuciformis) in flight in front of blue flowers (Agapanthus sp) Atlantic Coast , France, July.

Alex Hyde / Broad-bordered Bee Hawkmoth (Hemaris fuciformis) Surrey, UK. June.

Alex Hyde / Broad-bordered Bee Hawkmoth (Hemaris fuciformis), photographed in mobile field studio on a white background. Surrey, UK. June.

Alex Hyde / Broad-bordered Bee Hawkmoth (Hemaris fuciformis), photographed in mobile field studio on a white background. Surrey, UK. June.

Jussi Murtosaari / Broad-bordered bee hawk-moth (Hemaris fuciformis) feeding on nectar in flight, South Karelia, southern Finland, June.