Found mostly in the eastern half of the U.S., adult butterflies are primarily black with rows of light green or blue ... Elephant hawk-moth larvae resemble elephant trunks. The caterpillars ...

As a caterpillar, it feeds on gardenia and coffee plants and features a horn on its rear end, a common characteristic of hawk-moth larvae. The elephant hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor ...

If you've seen one in your Florida yard, you've probably encountered the giant leopard moth caterpillar ... hollow black (or sometimes iridescent blue) spots on the thorax and black spots on ...

So, for us to find three new hawk moth species, that’s a really big deal,” Matthews said of their discovery. The life histories of the three new species are unknown, but the caterpillars are ...

Closeup of Hummingbird Hawk-moth butterfly ... After the larval stage, the caterpillar forms a chrysalis in a sheltered location. This pupal stage can last several months, depending on environmental ...

The giant and colourful caterpillar is known by the rather foreboding title of Death’s-head Hawk-moth. The species was discovered in a garden on west Dartmoor, Devon. It measured several inches ...