Looking like an Elephant's trunk, Elephant Hawk-moth caterpillars are large with eye-spots to deter predators. #MothsMatter Feeding on Rosebay Willowherb and fuchsias, they can be found right now across the UK and Ireland. butrfli.es/Elephant_Hawk Video thanks to Hugo Nissen | Butterfly Conservation

Our West Berkshire Land Manager Roger captured this excellent video of an elephant hawk moth caterpillar which he found in his garden. You can see it extending its neck like an elephant's trunk in exactly the way that gives this species its name. Roger says: "The caterpillars feed on willowherb species and also enchanter's nightshade - plants that most gardeners would consider weeds, but in our garden they are given space and the moths obviously find it as I see them every year." A few more tips

🐛 El otro día nos hemos encontrado estas orugas en unas ramas… 🎁 ¡Una mariposa ha querido hacernos un regalo! 🦋 ¡Es una Deilephila Elpenor! #ZoodeSantillana #SantillanadelMar #Cantabria #Zoo #VenalZoodeSantillana #ViviendoenunZoo #DeilephilaElpenor | Zoológico y Parque Cuaternario de Santillana del Mar