| 单词 | hawk moth |
| 例句 | The proboscis of the death’s-head hawk moth is used as a kind of reed instrument, blown through to make high-pitched, reedy notes. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z If I want to see what sort of creature the tomato hornworm becomes, I turn to Page 147 and find a large and handsome moth, the five-spotted hawk moth. Shifting toward a greater understanding of bugs – the good and the bad 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z The deciduous trees of the North Rim are replaced by prickly pear cactus and aromatic sagebrush, providing home to lizards, and hawk moths after dark. How to hike the Grand Canyon 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z In one set of experiments, Lal and his colleagues pushed thin wires through the hard shell that protects a hawk moth pupa and positioned them in the insect’s neck muscles and brain. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z Their flight paths suggest these death’s-head hawk moths have some complex navigation skills, the authors said, challenging earlier ideas that insects are just wanderers. Scientists use tiny trackers, plane to follow moths on move 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z This evening perfume and the vine’s pale, tubular flowers are diagnostic of moth-pollinated plants, and in its native home of Japan and Korea, honeysuckle is indeed pollinated by night-flying hawk moths. Why the Sweet Scent of Japanese Honeysuckle Signals Trouble 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z The appearance of a death's head hawk moth in a candlelit room was considered a death omen in the Middle Ages. Secret of "Death" Moth's Scary Squeak Revealed 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z The plant can no longer reproduce on its own because its only pollinator was a certain type of hawk moth that is now extinct. Scientists rush to freeze plant DNA before 'sixth extinction' - BBC News 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z One way manoeuvrability might be engineered into a drone’s airframe is shown by the work on hawk moths. The buzz of something new 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z You could make a robot turn left or right depending on the hawk moth. How Long until We Have the Superhuman Exoskeletons from Elysium ? 2013-08-07T14:45:03.460Z This pretty insect is one of the smallest of our hawk moths. Butterflies and Moths (British) Immortalized in the horror movie The Silence of the Lambs and in folklore as a night-flying harbinger of doom, the death's head hawk moth has a ghoulish reputation. Secret of "Death" Moth's Scary Squeak Revealed 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z But"—and the naturalist was predominant for the instant—"there are rare kinds o' hawk moth to be found in that same desert! The Fiery Totem A Tale of Adventure in the Canadian North-West And laboratories around the world, using bees, blowflies and hawk moths as their models, are trying to do just that. The buzz of something new 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z You hook into the olfactory system of the hawk moth and build a bomb-sniffing robot that has the drive electronics of a regular robot and the nose of a hawk moth. How Long until We Have the Superhuman Exoskeletons from Elysium ? 2013-08-07T14:45:03.460Z All summer The exquisitely scented silver-gold flower that unfurls at twilight to give a supper to the hawk moths, upon whom it depends for fertilization. The Garden, You, and I But internally produced insect sounds are much rarer, and squeaky noises are known only in some hawk moths. Secret of "Death" Moth's Scary Squeak Revealed 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z No. I'm thinking to bide here for a few days, to hunt for yon hawk moth that I told you aboot. The Fiery Totem A Tale of Adventure in the Canadian North-West Here are the silkworm moth and its cocoon as kept in Siberia; the ghost moth of our hop grounds; the hawk moth, the death's head moth, and the large Brazilian owl moth. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits They are tobacco worms; that is, they are the larvae of hawk moths, some of which take tobacco, tomatoes, grapevines and many other plants, including some of the native weeds of your valley. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered Various species of hawk moths, common in different parts of our area, of course have tongues of various lengths, and naturally every visitor does not receive his load of pollen on the same identical spot. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors The team studied Acherontia atropos—one of the three death's head hawk moth species and the only native to Europe—and discovered the insect has two parts to its squeak. Secret of "Death" Moth's Scary Squeak Revealed 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z Darting away suddenly and swift as thought, they have also earned the name of hawk moths. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors The sphinx moth, a frequent visitor, works as rapidly in extracting nectar from the deep tube as any hawk moth, so frequently mistaken for a hummingbird. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors |
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