Subject: Identif this bug please
Location: Tenbury Wells, Worcestshire
August 10, 2017 8:15 am
Have found this on a rockery in garden and have no idea what it is. Can you help please?
Regards Mark
Signature: M Colman
Dear Mark,
This is an Elephant Hawkmoth Caterpillar, a common species in the UK. According to UK Moths: “The English name of this moth is derived from the caterpillar’s fanciful resemblance to an elephant’s trunk.”