Kim Taylor / Hummingbird Hawkmoth (Macroglossum stellatarum) egg on underside of leaf of Hedge Bedstraw, Surrey, UK

Rolf Nussbaumer / Hummingbird Hawk-moth {Macroglossum stellatarum} adult in flight drinking nectar from lantana flower, Switzerland

Rolf Nussbaumer / Hummingbird Hawk-moth {Macroglossum stellatarum} adult in flight drinking nectar from lantana flower, Switzerland

Hans Christoph Kappel / Hummingbird hawkmoth feeding on flower nectar, Germany

LYNN M. STONE / Hummingbird clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe) resting on leaf, North Guilford, Connecticut, USA, July

Angelo Gandolfi / Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) in flight, drinking nectar from a flower, Tuscany, Italy

Philip Dalton / Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) hovering at flower, feeding, Europe

Chien Lee / Hummingbird Hawk Moth (Macroglossum aquila) hovering near a flower, feeding on the nectar by means of its long proboscis, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Kim Taylor / Hummingbird Hawkmoth (Macroglossum stellatarum) one-day-old caterpillar at first moult on Squinancywort plant (Asperula cynanchica) Surrey, UK

Kim Taylor / Hummingbird hawkmoth {Macroglossum stellatarum} feeding on Buddleia, UK

Kim Taylor / Hummingbird hawkmoth {Macroglossum stellatarum} feeding on Buddleia, UK

Paul Hobson / Hummingbird hawkmoth {Macroglossum stellatarum} Anglesea, Wales, UK

Silvia Reiche / Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) caterpillar, St. Nazaire le Desert, France