53K views · 527 reactions | 曆 Meet the Lucky Hummingbird Hawk-Moth!  | Unbelievable facts | Facebook

Hummingbird Hawk-moths are migrants from the continent during summer and autumn 🌻🍂 These amazing creatures can sometimes be seen nectaring at flowers, especially Red Valerian and other garden plants that are high in nectar 🌼 They are often mistaken for actual hummingbirds, which we don't get on this side of the Atlantic - that's not surprising though as they fly exactly like one! Thanks to Neal Walker for this brilliant video - please report your sightings to andy.crory@ulsterwildlife.org #Mo

2.1K views · 63 reactions | 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 | Facebook

10K views · 660 reactions | Have you ever seen a Death's-Head Hawk-moth caterpillar? #MothsMatter The Death’s-head Hawk-moth is the bad boy of the moth world. Strikingly large and rather rare in the UK; only a handful make it over from the Continent each autumn. https://butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/meet-the-deaths-head-hawk-moth | Butterfly Conservation | Facebook

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

50K views · 1.1K reactions | Does that taste good?  deaths head hawk moth caterpillars  | Jumping spider & Moth life | Facebook

1.6K views · 14 reactions | Deaths head hawk moth caterpillars yellow and brown colour variation #yellowcaterpillar #deathsheadhawkmoth #hawkmoth #caterpillar #deathsheadmoth | Jumping spider & Moth life | Facebook

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