But closer inspection of the photographs revealed the supposed hummingbirds to be hawk moths (family Sphingidae), which usually appear around dawn and dusk. With their long proboscises extended, flapping their wings as fast as hummingbirds as they sucked nectar from flowers, it is not surprising they fooled people.
仔細看看圖片，原來是常在清晨、黃昏出現的天蛾，它們伸出長長的口器，以快速拍動羽翼的姿態吸食花蜜，難怪人們要張冠李戴。