White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineata

Forget everything you know about moths. This moth mimics a hummingbird so perfectly that people regularly mistake it for the real thing. It hovers in front of flowers, drinking nectar with bird-like grace, its wings beating so rapidly they blur into invisibility. The Sphingidae family is full of impressive hoverers, but this one—called the white-lined sphinx for its distinctive wing patterns—is the ultimate imposter. It's proof that evolution can solve the same problem in wildly different ways.