Broad-bordered bee hawk-moth
The broad-bordered bee hawk-moth is a moth that looks a lot like a fat, fluffy bumblebee. Its name tells you about the wide brown border around the edges of its wings. It belongs to the hawk-moths, a family of strong, fast fliers.
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Fun facts
Its wings measure about 4 to 5 centimetres from tip to tip.
It can be seen flying from April to September, depending on where it lives.
It lives almost all over Europe, but not in the far north of Scandinavia.
Most asked questions about Broad-bordered bee hawk-moth
?Is the bee hawk-moth a bee?
No. It is a moth that only looks like a bumblebee, and it cannot sting.
?What does the broad-bordered bee hawk-moth eat?
The moth drinks nectar. Its caterpillars eat honeysuckle and bedstraw.
?Where does it live?
In North Africa, most of Europe and across Asia.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Hemaris fuciformis
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Sphingidae
- Lives on
- Africa, Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Hemaris fuciformis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Ceperman. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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