The hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) both looks like a hummingbird and behaves like one. It is so similar that it is tricky to tell them apart from a distance.

The video shows the moth struggling to climb out of its cocoon, before squirting a yellowish goo all over someone's hand.

PORTLAND, ORE. — A great flower shape for a moth trying to get a drink in the dark turns out to be awful from the plant’s point of view. Offering hawk moths (Manduca sexta) a range of 3-D ...

Hummingbird Moth (image from Pixabay) I saw my first hummingbird moth at our new house this month, enjoying nectar from petunias on the patio. If you’ve never seen a hummingbird moth before, it looks ...

Hawk moths are known for being some of the largest night fliers in the insect world. Thanks to the work of a small team of researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History, three new species ...

Just as humans rely on their eyes to make precise movements with their hands, hummingbird hawk-moths use continuous visual feedback to precisely position their proboscis in the center of flowers.

The hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum Stellatarum) samples nectar from a flower. Credit: Diliff. Occasionally, species converge so closely that they bear an uncanny resemblance to each other.

Here's how to identify sphinx moth caterpillars and sphinx moth pupa in your garden. Learn what to look for in the stages of ...