Elephant Hawk-moth

    Deilephila elpenor

    SphingidaeABH 69.016 B&F 1991

    Perhaps the most common of the hawk-moths, and likely to be found anywhere in the county.  Whilst still a common species, there used to be more of them about; numbers never seem to have fully recovered from the poor summer of 2007.

    Adult Verification Grade: 1

    Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) photographed in Somerset by Rob Grimmond
    Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) photographed in Somerset by Sue Davies
    Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) photographed in Somerset by Sue Davies
    Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) photographed in Somerset by Sue Davies