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hawk moth

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hawk moth

Any of a family, Sphingidae, of moths with thick bodies and narrow wings. Some 1,000 species are distributed throughout the world, but they are mainly tropical. The large hawk-moth larva usually has a ‘horn’ at the end of its body – for example, the bright-green tomato hornworm Protoparcequinquemaculata.
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O wneud dipyn o ymchwil credaf mai gwyfyn ydi'r creadur yma, a'r enw Saesneg arno yw Elephant Hawk Moth, ac mae o mor fendigedig o dlws ar l dod o'r cocoon oedd amdano.
Creaduriaid bach rhyfedd yn yr ardd by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
elephant hawk moth, barn owl, painted lady butterfly, .
Signs of hope on island by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Unlike the butterfly, the white-lined sphinx moth, variously known as the hummingbird or hawk moth, prefers tubular plants, including the evening primrose and penstemons, and will often buzz between them at dusk and on cloudy days.
GOING NATIVE by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
 
 
 
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