長喙天蛾,又稱為蜂鳥鷹蛾、蜂鳥天蝦、或飛蝦,可以形容為用動若蜂鳥靜如蝦,屬昆蟲界裏蛾類。
一種白天出沒蛾類,翼展大約2吋(50-58毫米)。 它有一個褐色、白色斑點的腹部,褐色的前翼和橙色的後翼。
長喙天蛾的幼蟲以豆科植物為食,成蟲後以吸食花蜜為主,和蜂鳥吸食花蜜方式一樣,具有強大飛翔能力,能在花朵上空盤旋,然後伸出長長的喙吸食花蜜。它不像蜜蜂攜粉釀蜜,長喙天蛾是採花不攜粉,採蜜不釀蜜。
Hummingbird hawk-moth, aka Bee Hawk-moth or Sphinx moth, can be described as flying like a hummingbird and looking like a shrimp. It is a moth in the insect species.
It is day-flying moth with a wingspan of about two inches (50-58mm). It has a brown, white-spotted abdomen, brown forewings and orange hindwings.
The larva of the hummingbird hawk-moth feeds on legumes. On maturity, it mainly sucks nectar. Like hummingbirds, it has strong flying ability. It can hover above flowers and then stretch out its long proboscis to suck nectar. It is not like bees carrying pollen to make honey. Hummingbird hawk-moths collect nectar without carrying pollen, nor do they make honey.