Error message
Unable to fetch location details at this time.
Bee Hawk Month & Lavae
Cephonodes spp
-27.469, 153.023
Field Notes
Description:
The Bee Hawk Moth has transparent wings and a stout body like a Bumble Bees. They hover over flowers to feed and their rapidly beating wings hum, like a little hummingbird.
Habitat:
Bee Hawk Moth caterpillars feed on Gardenia jasminoides, Native Gardenia ( Gardenia ovularis), Australian Native Myrtle ( Canthium attenuatum) and other Canthium species.
Found on gardenia bush in my front yard in Brisbane.
Notes:
Photos of newly emerged moth - taken 10 March 2013
Comments (3)