David Element
Wildlife
Photography and Digital Video Images
_____________________________________________________________________Moths
17 - Convolvulus Hawk Moths
CONVOLVULUS HAWK MOTH Agrius
convolvuli CONVOLVULUS
HAWK MOTH Agrius convolvuli
CONVOLVULUS
HAWK MOTH Agrius convolvuli
CONVOLVULUS HAWK MOTH Agrius
convolvuli CONVOLVULUS
HAWK MOTH Agrius convolvuli
CONVOLVULUS
HAWK MOTH Agrius convolvuli
CONVOLVULUS HAWK MOTH Agrius
convolvuli CONVOLVULUS
HAWK MOTH Agrius convolvuli
- Large hawk moths are prized
sightings for lepidopterists, and there are not many more impressive
species to be encountered in Europe than the powerfully migratory Convolvulus Hawk Moth Agrius convolvuli (Sphinx du Liseron)
(Sphingidae). This pristine example found
in Mediterranean France is demonstrating the effectiveness of its cryptic
camouflage against the trunk of an Olive
Tree Olea europaea. Unfortunately one of the most
conspicuous features of this species (an extremely long proboscis used for
feeding on Tobacco Nicotiana
sp. and other moth-pollinated flowers) cannot be seen in
any of these images as it has been coiled up safely underneath the moth's
head. Small numbers of this species may reach anywhere in the UK under
favourable circumstances.
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