Small Elephant Hawk-moth

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Deilephila
Species: D. porcellus
Binomial name: Deilephila porcellus
Dutch name: Klein avondrood

Deilephila porcellus, known as the Small Elephant Hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in Europe, North Africa and Western Asia.

The wingspan is 45-51 millimetres (1.8-2.0 in). The moth flies from May to July depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Galium and Epilobium.

Uploaded19/03/2013 - 22:37

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Date Taken	19/03/2013 - 17:03
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SMarsden SMarsden

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Posted 20/03/2013 - 01:36 Link

Beautiful

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Posted 20/03/2013 - 01:50 Link

Photograph: Excellenta!
What a scientific info!

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Posted 20/03/2013 - 06:56 Link

Lovely compo and colours. Smashing sharpness

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Posted 20/03/2013 - 12:46 Link

Beautiful macro, wonderful colour. - mary.

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Posted 20/03/2013 - 15:30 Link

Wonderful capture and compo.

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VividArt VividArt

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Vancouver

Posted 20/03/2013 - 19:28 Link

Very nice. Like really very nice.

Well done

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Posted 22/03/2013 - 22:16 Link

Thanks for your kind comments

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