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	Hawk Moths
		Adult Hawk Moths are medium to large in size with a wingspan of 40 mm - 190 mm.
		Hawk moths often have a long proboscis, coiled when not in use, which is used in nectar feeding.
		The Banksia Hawk Moth (Coquesa triangularis) is the largest Australian hawk moth and is found in eastern coastal areas, from Victoria northwards.
	www.amonline.net.au /factsheets/hawk_moths.htm (778 words)

	Evolutionary biology of the hawk moths
		Hawk moths are among the most magnificent and spectacular of all moths.
		Hawk moths are important components of many ecosystems, particularly in tropical countries, where their large size and impressive appearance frequently bring them to the attention of the general public.
		Hawk moths can be rapidly surveyed and identified and are thus well placed to act in the role of a flagship group for conservation.
	www.nhm.ac.uk /research-curation/projects/evol-hawkmoths (277 words)

	AFRICAN HAWK MOTHS AND AFRICAN ORCHIDS.
		The fragrance is usually the long-distance lure which attracts the hawk moth, the colour and shape being the short-distance cue which aids in the correct alignment of the moth to gather nectar and thereby effect pollination.
		Hawk moths are not stupid fellows, and as a reward for their visit, they require nectar.
		It is the hawk moth species with the longest proboscis (in the region of 19 cm) on the mainland and occurs widely in tropical and equatorial coastal areas and less frequently in the tropical interior.
	www.geocities.com /pennypoint9/hawkmoth.html (2880 words)

	Moth Pictures
		Moths are thus inclined to circle ambient objects in the Mach band region, usually at a radius of about one foot, depending on the species.
		Moths of the type understood to be "attracted to light" are, instead, flummoxed by the proliferation of artifical lights in their local environment, which, if brighter than the brightest celestial object (e.g., the moon), will usurp that object's significance as the reference point for the moth's flight.
		Encountering a brighter artificial light, as the moth maintains its angular relationship to the source of light (per its evolved mode of navigating), but, because the light is nearby, that consistent angle results in a decreasing spiral, until the moth strikes the light source.
	www.junglewalk.com /photos/moth-pictures-I9781.htm (336 words)

	hawk moth - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Butterflies and moths locate flowers and other sources of food by vision, smell (using their antennae), and taste (using the hairlike structures on...
		Death’s-Head Moth, common name given to the European hawk moth because the color pattern on the top of the thorax resembles a human skull.
		- stout-bodied moth: a moth with a thick body and long narrow wings that enable it to hover over flowers and feed on their nectar.
	encarta.msn.com /hawk+moth.html (153 words)

	Ladywildlife's Poplar Hawk Moth
		The poplar hawk math is but one of 1,000 species of hawk moth throughout the world; most are found in the tropics.
		The poplar hawk moth’s brown wings and shape blend in with the bark, as camouflage.
		Hawk moths are also called “sphinx” moths because some species resemble the Egyptian sphinx when they inflate their bodies.
	ladywildlife.com /animal/poplarhawkmoth.html (859 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Hummingbird hawk-moth
		The moth is named after its resemblance to a hummingbird, with its rapid hovering motion as it feeds on the nectar of flowers.
		The moths have a brown, white-spotted abdomen, brown forewings and orange hindwings.
		The adult moths are day-flyers and feed on the nectar of flowers such as orchids and petunias.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/3063.shtml (353 words)

	The Hawk Moth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Hawk Moths (order lepidoptera, family sphingidae) are a large subset of all moths.
		This is found at a cool caterpillar site that also includes a load of pictures of many different moths, including hawk moths, both as moths and as caterpillars.
		Evolutionary Biology of the hawk moths from the Entymologypages at the U.K.s Natural History Museum.
	hea-www.harvard.edu /~fine/CFA/hawkmoth.html (157 words)

	Stamps Fiji
		Hawk Moths are found all year round but are most abundant during warmer and wet months.
		This is a relatively large Hawk moth with an average wingspan of 130mm.
		This Hawk moth is widely distributed in the tropical and sub-tropical parts of the world such as Africa, the Middle East, most of Europe, the Indian sub-continent, South-East Asia and Australia.
	www.stampsfiji.com /stamps/moths (1191 words)

	What's That Bug: Hummingbird Moths, Sphinx Moths or Hawk Moths
		Your moth is one of the Hawk or Sphinx Moths, Family Sphingidae.
		The moth is relatively common in Pennsylvania, and ranges from southern Canada to Florida, and west to the Mississippi River.
		Moths are not long lived, and your Azalea Sphinx may have just been nearing the end of a long, for an insect, life.
	www.whatsthatbug.com /clearwing_moth.html (9204 words)

	Darwin's Hawk Moth - Picture - MSN Encarta
		Scientists were looking for this particular moth, Xanthopan morganii, even before they were sure of its existence.
		The 19th-century naturalist Charles Darwin, studying an orchid whose nectar-producing organs lay 30 cm (12 in) inside the flower structure, hypothesized that there must be a moth with a tongue long enough to pollinate it.
		He proved to be correct: This Madagascan species, with the long front wings and thick body characteristic of other hawk moths, has a proboscis that measures between 30 and 35 cm (12 and 14 in) in length.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461530192_761578331_-1_1/Darwin's_Hawk_Moth.html (97 words)

	Death's Head Hawk Moth Acherontia spp.
		You might recognize this moth from the movie posters for Silence of the Lambs that combined this moth with a Salvador Dali image of a skull.
		This sphinx moth has a long and strong proboscis able to pierce honey cells of bee hives and suck the honey.
		Caterpillars of this moth are fearsome looking green and purple beasts that feed on potato and the deadly nightshade plants.
	www.insects.org /entophiles/lepidoptera/lepi_055.html (156 words)

	Hawk Moth
		The moth members of this Order of insects include a large number of diverse families.
		Moth groups include micro moths, leaf miners, clothes moths, plume moths, ermine moths, burnets, geometrids, silk moths, sphinx moths, tiger moths, wasp moths, noctuids, underwings and many others.
		In the myth, the Hero twins of Monsterway are protected from the poisonous tobacco of their father the sun.
	www.insects.org /entophiles/lepidoptera/lepi_056.html (155 words)

	Virgo Moon - One-of-a-kind handmade jewelry and accessories/Hawk Moth Necklace
		The hawk moth was made famous by Darwin when one was found which matched his prediction that there must be a
		Moth wings are covered with scales which differ slightly from the wing scales of their close cousins the butterflies.
		Despite being nocturnal, female moths have a corner on the "attraction" market: they release pheromones which can lure the males from great distances, up to 3 miles for the silkworm moth.
	www.virgomoon.com /html06/hawk_moth.html (598 words)

	Species - Hawk-moths
		The adult moths are usually on the wing during May and June.
		However, if the moth is disturbed, the hind-wings are exposed to reveal the incredible eye-spots as a deterrent.
		The first for the reserve in June 1992 may have originated from one of the Norfolk sites, and by September of the same year, one of the highly distinctive caterpillars was found on a pine tree in the North Car Park.
	www.lincstrust.org.uk /species/hawkmoths/index.php (766 words)

	moths
		The Bay is well known as a moth 'hot-spot', and a trap is run daily between March and November at the Field Centre.Visitors are welcome to watch the trap being checked, happening most mornings at around 11.00 a.m.
		In 1942, over 20 were collected from amongst the myriads of moths attracted to the searchlight battery at the Bay and several were taken here again in September 1946.
		Larvae may usually be found when looked for on the poplars of St Georges and the seafront garden in June/July and the moth itself is regularly attracted to the MV light between 7th May and 25th August.
	www.sbbo.co.uk /moths.htm (659 words)

	ANIMAL Teachers: Crawling Ones: Moth
		Poplar Hawk Moths rests on tree trunks where They are perfectly camouflaged by their gray-brown wings.
		Recognizable by Her large eyespots, the Emperor Moth uses the spots to confuse and frighten attackers.
		Moths use a variety of strategies to cope with life as they find it.
	www.funkman.org /animal/insect/mothfamily.html (357 words)

	Hummingbird Hawk-Moth photo - Ernst Schütz photos at pbase.com
		The Hummingbird Hawk-Moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) is a moth belonging to
		I spotted a similar moth in Monroe County, Illinois in the USA in 2002.
		I knew it was a moth but I have been baffled by its flight pattern.
	www.pbase.com /image/17637518 (381 words)

	Cheshire Macro-Moths - Elephant Hawk Moth
		It is an resident moth which is usually single brooded in Britain but which can in long, warm summers produce a partial second brood.
		This moth is widely distributed in Cheshire and is the commonest hawk-moth in the County, although if the records were based purely upon larval sightings it would never have reached such a local status.
		The moth overwinters as a pupa/chrysalis in the ground beneath its foodplant.
	www.consult-eco.ndirect.co.uk /entomol/chmmoths/elephnhk.htm (298 words)

	Sphingidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sphingidae are a family of moths (Lepidoptera).
		They are commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms.
		Some hawk moths, like the hummingbird hawk moth, hover in midair while they feed on nectar from flowers and are sometimes mistaken for hummingbirds.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hawk_moth (1002 words)

	Hawk Moth
		The sleek adult moth has a streamlined spindle-shaped body built for rapid, strong flying.
		Because of the large size of the caterpillar and its prominent horn, you should have little difficulty finding it on the leaves.
		Hawk moth larvae are external feeders and will easily come into contact with the pesticide.
	www.avrdc.org /LC/sweetpotato/hawkmoth.html (187 words)

	UKMoths - Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila elpenor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The English name of this moth is derived from the caterpillar's fanciful resemblance to an elephant's trunk.
		The adults are attractively coloured pink and green affairs, with a streamlined appearance.
		It is a common species in most of Britain, including Scotland, where it has increased its range in recent years.
	ukmoths.org.uk /show.php?bf=1991 (82 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The flight of all Sphinx moths is similar to the flight of true Hummingbirds.
		The Hummingbird Hawk-Moth is a long distance migratory moth which flies to the polar region and high in mountains up to the tree-line.
		These Moths flies from the begining of summer in the middle of Europe and can be seen in great numbers.
	people.freenet.de /jfeldhusen/Hummingbird-Hawk-Moth.htm (440 words)

	Insects and Arthropods » Other Insects » Moth - White Lined Sphinx Main Page
		The hind wing is characterized by a velvety fl or dark brown color, which is accented by a reddish pink color that fills in the middle of the wing.
		A European relative of the White Lined Sphinx Moth is the Death's Head Sphinx Moth which seen in the movie Silence of the Lambs.
		White Lined Sphinx Moths are also known as Hawk Moths or Hummingbird Moths and in fact are quite easy to mistake for hummingbirds.
	www.centralpets.com /animals/insects/other_insects/bug5837.html (692 words)

	Hawk moth - definition from Biology-Online.org
		They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis.
		The larvae are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colours, and often with a caudal spine.
		The larvae of several species of hawk moths feed on grapevines.
	www.biology-online.org /dictionary/Hawk_moth (165 words)

	Moth Posters
		Pine hawk Moth: Pine hawk moth larva, Hyloicus pinastri
		Hummingbird hawk moth: Hummingbird hawk moth, Macroglossum stellatarum
		Eyed hawk moth: Eyed hawk moth, Smerinthus ocellata
	www.junglewalk.com /shop/moth-posters-P3.htm (399 words)

	hummingbird101.com » Hummingbird Hawk Moth Sightings in UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Is it a bird - or a moth?
		I spotted a hummingbird moth on my stargazer lilies about a month ago, but didn’t catch him on camera fast enough - he is just as fast as a hummingbird, but not as skiddish.
		My sister-in-law has spotted the hummingbird hawk moth on two occasions, first time was last summer but was unable to identify it, the second time was 2weeks ago in her garden and she was lucky enough to capture it on camera phone.
	hummingbird101.com /?p=27 (240 words)

	Humming-Bird Hawk-Moths - Macroglossum stellatarum - UK Safari
		Special features: This day flying moth can often be seen in gardens feeding on geraniums, honeysuckle, petunias or verbena.
		It is equipped with a long tongue which it uses to drink nectar.
		The moth also makes a throbbing noise as it hovers.
	www.uksafari.com /hummingbird.htm (256 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Privet Hawk Moth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Also known as Sphinx Ligustri, this is Britain's largest moth, with a wingspan of over 10cm.
		It's an incredibly strong flyer, and will happily fly into windows at 30mph - their brain capacity is incredibly small.
		Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A272657 (346 words)

	Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Sphingidae) Photo Gallery by Ron Fredrick at pbase.com
		A few species, however, fly during cloudy afternoons and at dusk when they feed at flowers in a manner similar to that of a hummingbird.
		Hummingbird Moths use a long, thin, needle-like mouthpart called a proboscis to eat.
		When the moth approaches a flower, it uncoils its proboscis and dips it deep into the flower where the nectar is. The moths in these images are White-linned Sphinx Moths which came out just before dusk in Prescott, Arizona.
	www.pbase.com /rfredrick/hummingbird_hawk_moth (148 words)

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