Looking like an Elephant's trunk, Elephant Hawk-moth caterpillars are large with eye-spots to deter predators. #MothsMatter Feeding on Rosebay Willowherb and fuchsias, they can be found right now across the UK and Ireland. butrfli.es/Elephant_Hawk Video thanks to Hugo Nissen | Butterfly Conservation
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Looking like an Elephant's trunk, Elephant Hawk-moth caterpillars are large with eye-spots to deter predators. #MothsMatter Feeding on Rosebay Willowherb and fuchsias, they can be found right now across the UK and Ireland. butrfli.es/Elephant_Hawk Video thanks to Hugo Nissen | Butterfly Conservation
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Late summer is the best time to discover one of the UK’s chunkiest caterpillars, the Elephant Hawk-moth. Did you know that when threatened an Elephant Hawk-moth caterpillar mimics a snake to scare of potential predators? https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/the-elephant-in-the-room | Sussex Wildlife Trust
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Late summer is the best time to discover one of the UK’s chunkiest caterpillars, the Elephant Hawk-moth. Did you know that when threatened an Elephant Hawk-moth caterpillar mimics a snake to scare of potential predators? https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/the-elephant-in-the-room | Sussex Wildlife Trust
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Our West Berkshire Land Manager Roger captured this excellent video of an elephant hawk moth caterpillar which he found in his garden. You can see it extending its neck like an elephant's trunk in exactly the way that gives this species its name. Roger says: "The caterpillars feed on willowherb species and also enchanter's nightshade - plants that most gardeners would consider weeds, but in our garden they are given space and the moths obviously find it as I see them every year." A few more tips
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Our West Berkshire Land Manager Roger captured this excellent video of an elephant hawk moth caterpillar which he found in his garden. You can see it extending its neck like an elephant's trunk in exactly the way that gives this species its name. Roger says: "The caterpillars feed on willowherb species and also enchanter's nightshade - plants that most gardeners would consider weeds, but in our garden they are given space and the moths obviously find it as I see them every year." A few more tips
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When the elephant hawk-moth caterpillar feels threatened, its turns itself over to reveal its belly and its body swells up to the shape of a pit viper's head, completely transforming itself into a menacing predator 🐍 | Royal Institution of Great Britain
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When the elephant hawk-moth caterpillar feels threatened, its turns itself over to reveal its belly and its body swells up to the shape of a pit viper's head, completely transforming itself into a menacing predator 🐍 | Royal Institution of Great Britain
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The dangerous silk moth caterpillar! #dangerous #caterpillar #wildlife #bravewilderness | Brave Wilderness
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The dangerous silk moth caterpillar! #dangerous #caterpillar #wildlife #bravewilderness | Brave Wilderness
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An Elephant Hawk-moth larva (Deilephila elpenor) sits on thin branches. Species gets its name from caterpillar, which is thought to resemble an elephant's trunk. View macro insect in wild
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An Elephant Hawk-moth larva (Deilephila elpenor) sits on thin branches. Species gets its name from caterpillar, which is thought to resemble an elephant's trunk. View macro insect in wild
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To defend itself, the hawks moth caterpillar is able to mimic a predator. | National Geographic
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Read our blog exploring the life stages of the elephant hawk-moth, introducing one of our most popular moths and its endearingly odd caterpillar. 🐛 👉 kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/blog/elephant-hawk-moth | Kent Wildlife Trust
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