On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover a moth that looks like a bee and a bird but is really neither!

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Image and Video Credits:
NearbyWild -    • The Amazing Hummingbird Hawk-moth!  
Olin Lagon -    • "Hawaiian Hummingbird" Moth  
Skip Via -    • Hummingbird Moth  
Dan Drown -    • Hummingbird moth  
Africa Gomez -    • Hummingbird hawkmoth feeding on red v...  
TrollForge/TrollFarm -    • Hummingbird Clearwing (Moth)  
Lara Jo Daintree -    • moth full speed  
Charles Manley -    • Hummingbird Moth - Atsugi Base Japan  
Swanky Town -    • Video  
Alice Iamofthestars -    • Hummingbird Moth and Animas River . b...  


Leonora (Ellie) Enking - https://www.flickr.com/photos/3303798... https://www.flickr.com/photos/3303798...


Amy Carmichael, Queensland University of Technology - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Amanda Hill - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:To...
Exilpatriot - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Charles J Sharp - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...


Nate Yuen - https://vimeo.com/18116582
dobroide - https://freesound.org/people/dobroide...


Research Credits:
https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/t...
https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pol...
https://www.insectidentification.org/...
https://www.hummingbirdcentral.com/hu...
https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/t...
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wil...
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/ancient...
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/...
https://link.springer.com/article/10....
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/...
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&...
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2388706?...
https://www.amazon.com/Hawkmoths-Worl...
http://www.animalspot.net/hummingbird...
https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/f...
https://www.audubon.org/news/get-know...
https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pol...
https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pol...
http://www.hummingbirdfoodhq.com/humm...