Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk Moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked): Macrolepidoptera
Superfamily: Bombycoidea
Family: Sphingidae
Subfamily: Macroglossinae
Genus: Deilephila
Species: D. elpenor
Binomial name
Deilephila elpenor
Linnaeus, 1758
The Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) is a large moth of the Sphingidae family.
The species is found throughout Britain and Ireland except for the north and east of Scotland, and its range extends across Europe, Russia, and into China, northern parts of the Indian subcontinent, Japan and Korea (though not Taiwan). Introduced specimens have been found in British Columbia. In most of their range, the adults are seen from May to July and the caterpillars from July to September, when they pupate. However in some parts of the Mediterranean and China the adults may be seen from April on, sometimes having two broods in a year.
I am always amazed at all the pink things you find to post! Is that pink moth for real?
ReplyDeleteBTW, thank you for inviting me to come and see your new look. It's so cheerful and bright and inviting..... oh yes, and perfectly PINK! It's a place I'd want to come to often
That pink slipper project seems totally awesome. I wonder if we have anything like that here in Alberta, Canada. Blessings as you work on those lovely things for those precious women and children.
Thank you Brenda!
ReplyDeleteThe Pink Slipper project is not mine...merely something I read about and reposted here.
Yes, the pink moth is real! How awesome is God and what a great sense of humor He seems to have!