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Small Elephant Hawk-moth
Deilephila porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sphingidae: Macroglossinae
1992 / 69.017
Photo © Nick Watmough,  22/05/2020 - Eaton, Norfolk

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Elephant Hawk-moth
Deilephila elpenor
Forewing: 21-25mm.
Flight: One generation May-July.
Foodplant:   Bedstraws.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Former Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2
Status
Much smaller than Elephant Hawk-moth with yellow rather than green markings.
Note the lack of stripe down centre of the abdomen.

Flies from dusk occasionally found by day.
The English name of this moth is derived from the caterpillar's fanciful resemblance to an elephant's trunk.
Grassland, heathland, vegetated shingle.

Recorded in 63 (85%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1834.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
16/08/2023+28TL78Weeting Heath (Gravelpit Wood)
11/08/2023+28TL78Weeting Heath (Gravelpit Wood)
11/08/2023127TG10Cringleford (UEA)
09/08/2023+28TL78Weeting Heath (Gravelpit Wood)
07/08/2023128TL78Weeting Heath (Gravelpit Wood)
31/07/2023128TF63Heacham
18/07/2023127TG11Taverham
17/07/2023128TF92Great Ryburgh
17/07/2023128TF63Snettisham
13/07/2023128TF92Great Ryburgh
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