Talk:Hummingbird hawk-moth

message: I saw a humming bird hawk moth in Weatherford Texas!!! Isn't that weird?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.27.1.70 (talk) 15:03, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: There is one currently visiting out flowers in northwestern PA 24.144.136.176 (talk) 19:15, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sightings 

message: I have two photos of what I presume are a hummingbird hawk-moth at http://saqataq.us/pics/20050729/4.html and http://saqataq.us/pics/20050729/5.html .. Would either of these be useful for the article? Note that the originals are 8MP images and so can be cropped quite a bit while retaining quality that's good enough for viewing via the web. Radsaq 23:09, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photos 

message: There are so many things wrong with this article I don't know where to start. I don't know what to DO! I WAS going to edit it but figured I'd post here first and then if nobody replied in a couple of days I'd edit it myself.... first, the term hummingbird moth doesn't just refer to one species, as there are many (Hemaris thysbe, Hemaris gracilis, Hemaris diffinis, Hemaris senta, etc). Secondly, I don't think that particular species (Macroglossum stellatarum) is even considered a hummingbird moth. Thirdly, the pictures don't match with the description, and are in fact another species (the second one anyway). This is what the real Macroglossum stellatarum lokos like: [[http://www.ybis.at/natur/tiere/schmbild/Pa180548.jpg .  I didn't even check to see if the general facts were right... but there's definately some editing needed here! --TheAlphaWolf 22:37, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi! I agree there are problems with this article, mainly caused by good old transatlantic confusion I think! Macroglossum stellatarum is the Hummingbird Hawk-moth to we Brits and I'm fairly sure the remaining pic does depict this species. We call Hemaris spp "Bee Hawk-moths". It's all a bit of a tangle which is probably why I have avoided trying to sort it out. I think more than one article is required but what they are going to be called I have no idea. Any thoughts? Richard Barlow 15:32, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

text: Sounds like a good idea. I'm going to be pretty busy over the next couple of weeks but I'll try to sort something when I can. If you want to give it a go, be my guest :) Richard Barlow 10:02, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Major editing needed

message: bee bird moth  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.59.210.63 (talk) 04:50, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  TMBG 

message: Is there another reference for distribution of this species?  suggests that the species does not reach Japan, and their map could be used to elaborate the distribution section... Thanks—GRM (talk) 21:38, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I was also wondering (albeit, not in 2008) about distribution. I've seen hawk moths that hover like hummingbirds in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Are these completely different? They seemto me to have been the same thing - yet the distribution maps doesn't include the tropics. Francis Hannaway (talk) 17:10, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distribution 

message: Could someone add a note describing how long these insects live?  Since they overwinter, I assume they live to be at least one year, but more information would be welcome.  -- Eiríkr Útlendi | Tala við mig 16:14, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lifespan 

message: Given that one of the images embedded in the body of the article is a Picture of the Year finalist for 2012, should it be moved up to be the primary photo for this page? --The Human Spellchecker (talk) 19:47, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  POTY Candidacy 

message: Hummingbird hawk-moth is a common name for the entire family. Please move this page to the scientific name or something more specific. I came back to this page three times trying to find information on Macroglossum, only to eventually realize I wasn't being re-directed to the family page, but that this page is erroneously named. This is the equivalent of labeling a page called Bumblebee as a specific species of bee rather than the broader group. --71.113.232.120 (talk) 10:49, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please move this page to a less colloquial name 

message: You wrote a very good and detailed life cycle description. The first citation is very relevant to the content of the statement made: research cited about activity pattern and thermal biology of a day-flying hawkmoth under summer condition. You can write more about hummingbird hawk-moth physiological changes based on this research paper. You can also create more links within the body of the article. The second citation might not be very relevant to the description of the behavior of Hummingbird hawk-moths since the review paper mostly explored the types of proboscis of Lepidoptera. However, I think the research field about Hummingbird hawk-moth is still primitive, using this review paper as a reference would still be fine.  Also, reference #2, and #5 has a date format that are different from the rest of references. You might want to make the format uniform. Also, I think you can find more paper about their behaviors or any physiological changes in different seasons to expand on the "Behavior" Section, (although I understand it's very hard to find). "In culture" section might not be that necessary to be included in the article, but if you want to keep it, I suggest on expanding this section since it's a very interesting aspect. You can search to see if Hummingbird hawk-moths acts as any symbols in other cultures beside being viewed as "lucky". Honggglee (talk) 21:20, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer review by Honglee 

message: Cebuscapucinus (talk) 22:01, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Response to peer review 

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