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Elephant hawk moth caterpillar, Kelvingrove
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CEP - Glasgow
Elephant hawk moths (Deilephila elpenor) get their name from the caterpillar's supposed resemblance to an elephant's trunk. The larvae are often seen when looking for somewhere to pupate, or resting on stems in good weather, as this specimen appears to be doing. They feed on a variety of plants including Rosebay Willowherb and bedstraws. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1981.
23 September 1981
Elephant hawk moth caterpillar, Kelvingrove
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CEP - Glasgow
Elephant hawk moths (Deilephila elpenor) get their name from the caterpillar's supposed resemblance to an elephant's trunk. The larvae are often seen when looking for somewhere to pupate, or resting on stems in good weather, as this specimen appears to be doing. They feed on a variety of plants including Rosebay Willowherb and bedstraws. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1981.
23 September 1981
Elephant Hawk Moth, Leadburn Community Woodland
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Midlothian - Leadburn Community Woodland
Elephant Hawk Moth (Deilephila elpenor), taken by David Palmar at Leadburn Community Woodland, Penicuik.
25 June 2022
Elephant hawk moth, Kelvingrove
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CEP - Glasgow
Elephant hawk moths (Deilephila elpenor) get their name from the caterpillar's supposed resemblance to an elephant's trunk. The larvae are often seen when looking for somewhere to pupate, or resting on stems in good weather, as this specimen appears to be doing. They feed on a variety of plants including Rosebay Willowherb and bedstraws. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1982.
Cinnabar Moth caterpillars (Tyria jacobaeae) feeding from Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) at Kelvindale. Cinnarbar Moth caterpillars can often be spotted on ragwort, their most preferred food source. The bright colouring of the Cinnabar Moth caterpillar acts as a warning to potential predators by indicating that they are poisonous. The poison can only build up in the caterpillar by feeding from ragwort.
19 July 2024
Cinnabar Moth caterpillar, Kelvindale
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Glasgow - Kelvindale moths
Cinnabar Moth caterpillars (Tyria jacobaeae) feeding from Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) at Kelvindale. Cinnarbar Moth caterpillars can often be spotted on ragwort, their most preferred food source. The bright colouring of the Cinnabar Moth caterpillar acts as a warning to potential predators by indicating that they are poisonous. The poison can only build up in the caterpillar by feeding from ragwort.
19 July 2024
Poplar Hawk Moth, Dundreggan
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Dundreggan moth traps
The Poplar Hawk Moth (Laothoe populi) is from the family Sphingidae. Their wings are scalloped and leaf-like at the edges with areas of grey and brown, with small pale eyespots and occasionally a purple tinge. As can be seen in this picture, moths vibrate their wings to warm up their wing muscles before flight. Photo taken by David Palmar as part of a moth trapping session at the Scottish Entomologists' Gathering in Dundreggan.
24 June 2023
Poplar Hawk Moth, Dundreggan
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Dundreggan moth traps
The Poplar Hawk Moth (Laothoe populi) is from the family Sphingidae. Their wings are scalloped and leaf-like at the edges with areas of grey and brown, with small pale eyespots and occasionally a purple tinge. These moths do not feed during their short lives as adults, instead they rely on fat reserves put down as caterpillars. Photo taken by David Palmar as part of a moth trapping session at the Scottish Entomologists' Gathering in Dundreggan.
