Insects that visit flowers at night to collect pollen, such as the sphinx moth, love them, too.

在夜间造访花朵采集花粉的昆虫，如斯芬克斯蛾，也喜欢这些花。

It's possible Merian used a magnifying glass to capture the detail of the split tongues of sphinx moths depicted in the painting.

梅里安可能使用放大镜捕捉到了画中所描绘的狮身人面像蛾分裂舌头的细节。