Hummingbird hawkmoth on flowers, video Posted on June 17, 2014 by petrel41 This video is about a hummingbird hawkmoth in a garden. Toon van Hout in the Netherlands made the video. Related articles Hummingbird Hawkmoth Hummingbird hawkmoth ~ Haiku Observatory: Plant Switches Pollinators When Caterpillars Strike Study of flower color shows evolution in action Hummingbird Hummingbird How the Tobacco Plant Outwitted the Hawkmoth | 80beats Hawkmoths Use the Boom Boom Boom of Their Genitals to Ward Off Bats Share this:EmailFacebookLinkedInPinterestPocketPrintRedditSkypeTelegramTumblrTwitterWhatsAppLike this:Like Loading... Related
I love these little guys. Before it got too hot to sit out at dusk, I used to love to watch them flit from flower to flower. Blessings, Natalie 🙂 LikeLike Reply ↓
In areas where there are both hummingbirds and hawkmoths, flowers’ colours play a role: https://dearkitty1.wordpress.com/2006/09/21/usa-flowers-for-hummingbirds-and-moths/ LikeLike Reply ↓
I’m wondering if there is a scent would the nectar be sweet? Seems to me it would be that way. Leslie LikeLike Reply ↓
According to this http://heylittlebat.blogspot.nl/2010/02/animal-pollination-in-tropics.html flowers’ smells play a role in attracting hummingbird hawkmoths, but not hummingbirds. LikeLike Reply ↓
We have a quite similar one here in Central Florida. It loves our white four o’clocks. It is also much like the one that nurtures the exquisite and rare Florida Ghost Orchid. They are amazing to watch, like tiny Harrier jets~ LikeLike Reply ↓
I love these little guys. Before it got too hot to sit out at dusk, I used to love to watch them flit from flower to flower. Blessings, Natalie 🙂
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I hope you will see them many more times, Natalie 🙂
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I guess those flowers look good enough to eat.
Leslie
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The hummingbird hawkmoth will be more attracted to their nectar 🙂
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Well of course, the nectar would be sweet.
Leslie
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In areas where there are both hummingbirds and hawkmoths, flowers’ colours play a role:
https://dearkitty1.wordpress.com/2006/09/21/usa-flowers-for-hummingbirds-and-moths/
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I’m wondering if there is a scent would the nectar be sweet? Seems to me it would be that way.
Leslie
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According to this
http://heylittlebat.blogspot.nl/2010/02/animal-pollination-in-tropics.html
flowers’ smells play a role in attracting hummingbird hawkmoths, but not hummingbirds.
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We have a quite similar one here in Central Florida. It loves our white four o’clocks.
It is also much like the one that nurtures the exquisite and rare Florida Ghost Orchid.
They are amazing to watch, like tiny Harrier jets~
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You mean, as in this video:
Ghost Orchid visited by Giant Sphinx Moth?
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YES!
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