This study employs an integrated approach, combining three-dimensional flow visualization and two-dimensional flow measurement to investigate the underlying unsteady aerodynamic mechanisms of hovering hawkmoths. Using a single vortex ring model, three aerodynamic force components, such as aerodynamic force induced by unsteady circulation, vortex loop size variation and added mass, are estimated within a dimensionless time (normalized by one wing beat cycle) range of 0.418 < < 0.455, where both the vortex loop circulation and loop size data are available. The force analysis reveals that the unsteady circulation-induced aerodynamic force dominates the overall force production and contributes 67% of the total force while the vortex loop size variation and added mass effect-induced aerodynamic forces only count for 25% and 8%, respectively. These findings suggest the hawkmoth primarily relies on unsteady circulation to generate aerodynamic forces.
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