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Hummingbird Moths, Sphinx Moths or Hawk Mothsmixture between butterfly, carterpillar and dragonfly?
Location: Japan, Tokyo
October 12, 2010 7:23 am
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
I would like to what kind of insect this is. I saw a lot of those flying insects in Japan lately.
They have a green/yellow or brown/orange hairy body, that looks a little like a big carterpillar.
They have antennae and a proboscis like a butterfly. But their wings are like the wings of a dragonfly and their flying style is also similar to a dragonfly. I think they’re between 4-7 centimeter long.
They’ve been eating the nectar of the flowers on the photo.
I’m sorry for the bad quality but it was quite difficult to take a photo because they were moving really fast all the time.
Thank you for your help!
Sincerely
Signature: Britta Stein
Hummingbird Moth from Japan
Hi Britta,
In North America, closely related diurnal Sphinx Moths are called Hummingbird Moths or Hummingbird Clearwings. We have previously identified a species in Japan as Cephonodes hylas, and that may be your species.
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[...] Sphinx Moths that appear to be hummingbirds as they hover before blossoms gathering nectar. The species submitted by Britta Stein is different from your moth. We believe you have submitted photos of a member of the large genus [...]
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