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Where does the Humming-bird Hawk-moth live?

Macroglossum stellatarum has 369,547 records in 90 countries and territories, from 1798 to 2026. Most records come from France.

Humming-bird Hawk-moth
Humming-bird Hawk-moth — Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaLepidopteraSphingidaeMacroglossum

When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

17982026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
France 92,852
Netherlands 74,151
United Kingdom 61,858
Germany 59,609
Switzerland 18,802
Austria 13,153
Spain 9,593
Sweden 6,986
Italy 5,753
Denmark 3,221
Finland 2,795
Serbia 2,167
Greece 1,664
Hungary 1,571
Portugal 1,362
Norway 1,215
Luxembourg 1,087
Croatia 1,067
Czechia 993
Guernsey 878
Ukraine 833
Russia 818
Poland 605
Bulgaria 561
Belgium 555
Slovenia 518
Romania 442
Türkiye 435
China 433
Isle of Man 333
Georgia 305
Slovakia 225
Lithuania 208
Montenegro 157
North Macedonia 144
Kazakhstan 133
Algeria 131
South Korea 131
Ireland 129
Albania 128

Showing the top 40 of 90 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.