The eggs hatch within 7-10 days depending on temperature. In gardens they are frequently recorded on garden fuchsias but have also been found feeding on other garden plants such as dahlias and lavender. The females lay eggs singly on the leaves of the caterpillars food plants of rosebay willowherb and bedstraws. Occasional small second generations have been recorded in the southern counties of the UK. The nocturnal adult moth flies mostly in a single generation at night between May and July when it is attracted to light. The two large ‘eye-like’ markings behind the head also suggest a much larger animal, appearing startling to predators. When retracted the caterpillars head recoils giving the impression of a much larger head. The species is named after the caterpillars resemblance to an elephants trunk. It is also the most frequently seen hawk-moth caterpillar, often found feeding and wandering in search for somewhere to pupate in gardens. Getty Images offers exclusive rights-ready and premium royalty-free analog, HD, and 4K video of the highest quality.
The Elephant Hawk-moth caterpillar grows to 85mm in length and is one of the largest and most distinctive caterpillars to be found in the British Isles. Find professional Hawk Moth videos and stock footage available for license in film, television, advertising and corporate uses. Migrant Hawkmoths include The Death’s-head Hawkmoth, The Convolvulus Hawkmoth, The Striped Hawkmoth and The Oleander Hawkmoth The Eyed Hawkmoth, The Poplar Hawkmoth and The Lime Hawkmoth. Other common Hawkmoths are The Privet Hawkmoth, The two species are not so frequently seen together in garden light traps due to the Small Elephant Hawk-moths preference for more open countryside. When not seen side by side another useful identifying feature is the broken pink stripe extending down the middle of the Elephant Hawk-moth’s abdomen, a feature lacking in the Small Elephant Hawk-moth. Only the smaller Small Elephant Hawk-moth shares the eye catching shades of pink, green and browns – although there are distinct differences in the shape and order of colour banding.īoth Elephant species are shown together with the larger Elephant Hawk-moth below the smaller Small Elephant Hawk-moth. There aren’t as many species as explosive in the tropics, but we can see biodiversity in the sky and in the small world.The Elephant Hawk-moth is one of the most colourful and instantly recognisable moths in the British Isles. The four seasons in Japan are clear, so the wild birds seen in each season are also interesting. What I noticed when I photographed the creatures is that if you observe them carefully, you can see that many kinds are alive.
I shot wild birds with a 700mm telephoto, wild grasses with 85mm micro lens and insects with 300mm medium telephoto lens. Mainly wild birds, wild grasses including weeds and insects. So, Many kinds of creatures live there, I retired from work and have been photographing the creatures in this area for about 10 years. There are some cedar forests and vast rice fields.
Kashiwa City is adjacent to the Tone-gawa River and is one of the local cities with plenty of space to live in. In Tokyo and the metropolitan area, the buildings are lined up and the roads are covered with pavement (except for the Imperial Palace and the forest of Meiji Jingu), but in the suburbs of local cities, woods and rice fields still remain and many creatures live there.