#2413 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth

🇳🇱 Kolibrievlinder ·Macroglossum stellatarum

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © David Denicolò · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Céline · CC BY 4.0
4. © f11 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Smudge 9000 · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © Σάββας Ζαφειρίου (Savvas Zafeiriou) · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Elena Sara Maggiora · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
9. © Álvaro Alemany · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
10. © Rui Saraiva · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The hummingbird hawk-moth ( Macroglossum stellatarum ) is a species of moth.

base stats

NL sightings 719iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 54,285iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 719 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #29 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
54,285 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).