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Taubenschwänzchen

Macroglossum stellatarum

Photo by Nadi88
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Field Notes

Description:

This little butterfly looks like a hummingbird. Two of them just landed next to me on the ground and put their abdomen into the soil. What have they done?

Reference Links:

Taubenschwänzchen – Wikipedia

Species ID Suggestions

Large Beefly

Bombylius major

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bayucca
This is not a little hawk moth, but a Beefly. Diptera, Bombyliidae. We call them Grosser Wollschweber. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Großer_Wollschweber

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Great Pollinator Project of NYC
Photographed
PublishedApril 26, 2011

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