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Posted: 30 Mar 2014

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Sphingidae •
UK •
porcellus •
Macroglossinae •
Hawk •
moth •
Small •
Sphinx •
Elephant •
Deilephila •

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1992 Deilephila porcellus (Small Elephant Hawkmoth)

1992 Deilephila porcellus (Small Elephant Hawkmoth)
Sphingidae, Macroglossinae Wingspan: 50mm.

The "baby brother" of the previous species, but no less colourful. In Cornwall, it occurs mainly in coastal regions on Sand Dunes or short-grass moorland, where the foodplants, various Bedstraws (Galium sps.) can grow. In good locations, it can occur in sizable numbers.
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 Wimm/Vic
Wimm/Vic
Another magnificent looking moth, Tony.
10 years ago.
 Tony James
Tony James club
Yes, as mentioned in the Elephant Hawkmoth reply, we went on a trapping session on the nearby sand dunes with a Mothing friend, Frank (also an AME member), and got excited as we had around 9 of these come in. Pat went to see how Frank was doing, and came back saying that he was in a cloud of moths. His total was over 100 of this species. It was a really good night that time.
10 years ago.

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