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Elephant Hawkmoth

Deilephila elpenor

The Elephant Hawkmoth is a colorful insect that looks like a tiny elephant! It has big eyes and beautiful green and pink wings. This moth loves to fly around flowers at night.

Lebensraum: Gardens

Aussehen

The Elephant Hawkmoth has a stout, olive-green body with bold pink stripes and markings. Its forewings are green with pink borders, while the hindwings are a brighter pink. Its striking colors make it easily recognizable.

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Elephant Hawkmoth
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Elephant Hawkmoth

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Baby Elephant Hawkmoths (caterpillars) are green or brown with four big "fake eyes"!

Its long feeding tube, a proboscis, can be even longer than its entire body!

Its name likely comes from the caterpillar's flexible, trunk-like snout, not the adult moth!

One of the biggest, most beautiful moths you can spot in gardens at twilight!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Night Nectar Sipper

Elephant Hawkmoth can hover expertly while using its long proboscis to drink nectar from deep flowers at dusk.

Fähigkeit

Serpent Camouflage

Its caterpillar has false eye spots and can retract its head to mimic a small snake, scaring predators.

Fähigkeit

Rapid Flier

Elephant Hawkmoth has powerful wing muscles for incredibly fast, direct flight, making it a tricky insect to spot.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
55-70 mm
Größe
50-60 mm
Lebenserwartung
7-21 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
35 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults sip nectar from flowers, while caterpillars munch on leaves of various plants.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae eat plant leaves, but adults drink nectar.

Hauptnahrung

  • honeysuckle nectar
  • valerian nectar
  • willowherb leaves
  • bedstraw leaves

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Honeysuckle

Lonicera periclymenum

helps flowers grow when sipping nectar.

eaten by

Brown long-eared bat

Plecotus auritus

a tasty snack for hungry bats at night.

eats

Great willowherb

Epilobium hirsutum

caterpillars munch on its leaves to grow big.

eaten by

Eurasian magpie

Pica pica

birds often prey on its large caterpillars.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Elephant MothHawkmoth

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Moths are usually safe to watch, but don't touch them as they can be delicate.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Elephant Hawkmoth?

55-70 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Elephant Hawkmoth?

50-60 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Elephant Hawkmoth?

7-21 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Elephant Hawkmoth?

35 km/h

Was frisst Elephant Hawkmoth?

Adults sip nectar from flowers, while caterpillars munch on leaves of various plants.

Wo findet man Elephant Hawkmoth normalerweise?

Gardens

Wie jagt Elephant Hawkmoth?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Elephant Hawkmoth?

6

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