hawkmoth in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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It is thought to be pollinated by hawkmoths, as the flowers only open at night and produce a strong fragrance.
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A hawkmoth clings to a robotic flower used to study the insect's ability to track the moving flower under low-light conditions.
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The researchers recorded the flight of hummingbirds and hawkmoths using 1,000 frame-per-second video cameras.
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It is the larva of the elephant hawkmoth which earned the species its name.
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Instead, they sit under a walnut tree beside a river, with kingfishers, butterflies, hummingbird hawkmoths, a woodpecker drilling, and have a rare moment of peace.
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Even as the flower sways and blows with the wind, hawkmoths have been observed adjusting their position to track with the flower's position.
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The hawkmoth's proboscis is longer than its body, so it can probe deep within a flower to find nectar while the hawkmoth hovers above.
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The largest is the death's head hawkmoth, which is as gruesome in appearance as its name suggests.
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That's the five spotted hawkmoth, also known as the tomato hornworm.
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The plants are pollinated by hawkmoths.
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