Hummingbird Hawkmoths: Masters of Teasel Flower Foraging

I recently came across some Humming-bird hawkmoths (Macroglossum stellatarum) feeding on a large patch of teasels in a clearing beside a wood. They were flying around doing a great job of locating the last of the teasel flowers, then hovering in front of them, extending their long tongues (proboscises) into the individual florets and extracting […]