Caption

Pigeon tail (Macroglossum stellatarum), close-up, flying and hovering with its long, unrolled proboscis and open wings in front of a purple blooming garden flower in which it collects nectar, Hesse, Germany

Date

Jul 12, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Martin Grimm

Reference

BRK26B88_449

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30.8Mb (3.3Mb) / 13.4in x 8.9in / 4019 x 2681 (300dpi)

Keywords

detail close up long blossom flower plant trunk body part Butterfly Insect wing animal nature Hesse German wildlife Europe Sphingid flowering open nectar lilac flight spread out collect european Hummingbird hawk-moth suck Germany spreading wing midair wildlife photography in flight natural environment flying insect detail view Central Europe Proboscis Garden flower fly section close-up bloom Lepidopteran open air Hessen fauna opened purple outspread gathers Hummingmoth suckling German Federal Republic spread wing mid-air in the air habitat pterygote insect Middle Europe proboscis closeup Hessia in flower violet Hummingbird Hawkmoth Republic of Germany outstreched wing mid air natural habitat Close view FRG wings spread float in a flight close shot spreading wings hover in the sky wings spreading stretching its wing open wings details close ups blossoms flowers plants trunks body parts Butterflies Insects wings animals Sphingids nectars flights spreading out collecting Hummingbird hawk-moths sucking natural environments flying insects Garden flowers flying sections close-ups blooms blooming gathering spread wings pterygote insects proboscises closeups outstreched wings blossoming BRD floating in the flight hovering stretching its wings Detailed image Close-up Europe's spreads out collects sucks detailed view flies close-up shot wing spread floats hovers