Hummingbird Hawk Moth

At first glance I thought this hummingbird hawk moth was really a hummingbird. It is of the species Sphingidae. It’s hovering behavior and long proboscis gives it its common name. This particular species is distributed throughout the northern Old World from Portugal to Japan but only in warmer climates.

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