Elephant
Hawk-moth Deilephila elpenor (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
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.....Common and widespread throughout Nottinghamshire
and will regularly turn up at light traps run in urban localities. The
larvae can regularly be found by searching Rosebay Willowherb growing on
brownfield sites at dusk. |
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| Photographed at Clipstone
Old Quarter June 2022 |
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| Photographed
at Sherwood Forest CP June 2009 |
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Early stages |
| Ova/egg.
Photographed on Rosebay Willowherb, Sherwood Heath June 2022 |
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| Newly
hatched larva. Photographed on Rosebay Willowherb, Sherwood Heath June
2022 |
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Early instar larva. Photographed on Rosebay
Willowherb, Sherwood Heath July 2022 |
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Mid-instar larva. Photographed at Sherwood Heath July 2022 |
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Full-grown larva (intermediate form). Photographed
at Sherwood Heath July 2022 |
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| Full
grown larva. Photographed on Rosebay Willowherb at Clipstone Old Quarter September 2012 |
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