So this guy likes to hang out in my backyard enjoying the flowers. It has this long hose-like snout thing that it unrolls and sticks into flowers and (I assume) sucks out nectar. Is that it's mouth? Anyone know?Pic related, took it earlier.
I forgot what it was called, but I think most buttflies/moths have that apparatus for getting nectar.
>>235081So it's just a mouthpiece thing?
*slurp*
Biggest one i've seen thats for sure.
Proboscis is what it's called.
>>235097It's pretty big, like a small hummingbird
It's a kind of hummingbird moth, I think the species is white-lined sphinx moth, though I'm not entirely sure.
It's called a hawk moth.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawk_moth
The most pwnage hawk-moth ever!But only active at night
It's a white lined sphinx moth. Look up the caterpillar stage, they're freaky looking and huge
>>235564How many of those would it take to make a hat out of those wings? A King Kamehameha type hat.