A humming bird is one of the wildlife creatures featured in our new board book, When Snowflakes Fall, so I was interested to read about hummingbird moths.
Hummingbird moths are a type of sphinx moth that people often mistake for baby hummingbirds, according to the article, “Get Into Nature: The truth about ‘baby hummingbirds’“, in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette online.
About 100 species of sphinx moths inhabit North America, according to the article. Most are active late in the day and after dark, when they sip the nectar of tubular flowers that remain open at night. The “beak” is actually a long, flexible tube that stays coiled under the head when the moth is not feeding.
The hummingbird moth really does resemble a baby hummingbird! View the article and photo.
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