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Elephant Hawk Moth Caterpillar Out for a walk tonight doing macro type shots, came across this little beauty. I'd love to have seen it in it's adult form but as this is the first time I've ever seen this species, I'm very happy :) Deilephila elpenor,Geotagged,Summer,United Kingdom Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Elephant Hawk Moth Caterpillar

Out for a walk tonight doing macro type shots, came across this little beauty. I'd love to have seen it in it's adult form but as this is the first time I've ever seen this species, I'm very happy :)

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Cool find! Posted 10 years ago
    1. View Stuart's profile
      Stuart
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      I know - I'd love to see one when it's all grown up! Posted 10 years ago

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The Elephant Hawk-moth

"Deilephila elpenor", known as the Elephant Hawk-moth, is a large moth of the Sphingidae family.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Stuart
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Uploaded Aug 20, 2015. Captured Aug 20, 2015 19:26 in Apperley Lane, Rawdon, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD10, UK.
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  • Canon EOS 600D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/83s
  • ISO2000
  • 49mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.

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