29-11-2011, 03:13 PM
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First recorded activity by GardenBanter: Jan 2009
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Elephant Hawk-Moth (caterpillar-nymph-moth)
On 27/11/2011 4:01 PM, Willi wrote:
I found this caterpillar last year (Sep 4th, picture above) in my
garden. When I did some digging in May this year I found the nymph (May
10th, picture left) about 3 meters from where I had seen the
caterpillar. According to advices over the internet, I kept the nymph in
a glass inside the house. The full butterfly evolved on June 10th. I was
surprised by its beauty. I had leaned some sticks into the glass before,
so that it could climb up. It rested on the hazel-stick the whole day
and flew away at night.
G Willi
If you want, here are some more photos:
http://members.aon.at/supervague/ivi...schwaermer.jpg
http://members.aon.at/supervague/ivi...hwaermer_4.jpg
http://members.aon.at/supervague/ivi...hwaermer_7.jpg
Lovely animal!
Wolf K.
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