- hummingbirds,
certain bats, hoverflies, and
these sphingids (an
example of
convergent evolution).
Sphingids have been much
studied for
their flying ability...
-
southern dart,
which can go as fast as 48.4
kilometres per hour (30.1 mph).
Sphingids are some of the
fastest flying insects, some are
capable of
flying at...
-
bordered in
cream along the
sides and with a horn at the rear end
typical of
sphingids. The horn is
purplish red,
changing to blue with an
orange tip in the...
- 'Paperwhite' form.
These are
adapted to long-tongued Lepidoptera,
particularly sphingid moths such as Macroglossum,
Pieridae and Nymphalidae, but also some long-tongued...
- The
larva illustrated by
Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717) as
Thysania agrippina is a
sphingid,
probably Pachylia syces....
-
appears in May and June and is a
lively day-flier (unlike most
other sphingids),
generally active from mid-morning to mid-afternoon. It
frequents marshy...
-
Acherontia styx, the
lesser death's head
hawkmoth or bee robber, is a
sphingid moth
found in Asia, one of the
three species of death's-head hawkmoth. It...
- tail-like
spine protruding from the back of the body is a
typical for
sphingid moth caterpillars,
known as “hornworms”. This horn,
which may sometimes...
- This
species is
quite variable,
though not
confusable with any
other sphingid of the
Palearctic in its markings, the
ground colour of the
forewings being...
- with a
posterior horn, as is
typical of
larvae of the Sphingidae. Most
sphingid larvae however, have
fairly smooth posterior horns,
possibly with a simple...
