Looking like an Elephant's trunk, Elephant Hawk-moth caterpillars are large with eye-spots to deter predators. Feeding on Rosebay Willowherb and fuchsias, they are usually seen searching for a place to pupate.BBC Springwatch #MothsMatter https://butrfli.es/Elephant_Hawk © Hugo Nissen | Butterfly Conservation
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Bonus video for #MothMonday - a fabulous elephant hawk-moth 🐛captured by one of the team, making its way between two patches of one of its favourite foods - rosebay willowherb. Their large, noticeable, eye-like markings make them easy to identify👀 Find out more about this widespread moth 👉bit.ly/3heirgc 📷 (c) Christine Picton | Ulster Wildlife
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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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