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submitted 1 week ago by happybadger@hexbear.net to c/earth@hexbear.net

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If you zoom in, you can see its proboscis that is the length of the moth, maybe 10-12cm.

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[–] h0ll0w5p4c3@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I'm assuming this is the Eurasian Macroglossum stellatarum?

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

isit? I thought humming birds only lived in north America

Edit: Eurasian Macroglossum stellatarum aren't hummingbirds their hawk-moths

[–] h0ll0w5p4c3@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah sorry I was reading something on moths earlier and misread the title thinking hummingbird moth.

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

nw convergent evolution, it'd take a trained ornithologist (without access to tinternet) to identify the difference

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