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YORK residents should keep their eyes open for a bright pink and green moth after this unusual caterpillar was found at Clifton Moor. John Slingsby found this three-inch long elephant hawk moth ...

The difficult ones are small, do not have a distinctive shape, ... Elephant Hawk-moth caterpillar in snake pose. New Ross Standard. Sat 23 Aug 2014 at 01:00.

Aug. 30 (UPI) --Animal rescuers in Wales said an officer who rushed to the scene of a reported snake sighting was surprised and relieved to instead find an elephant hawk-moth caterpillar.

The caterpillars are typically dark brown with large eye spots, but they may also be found in green coloration. In adulthood, the elephant hawk-moth becomes beautiful shades of gold and pink .

Honeysuckle is putting on a great display at present. The native climbing shrub scrambles with ease in many wayside hedgerows sporting its distinctive, heavily-scented, yellow and white flowers ...

When it's a huge caterpillar that will become an Elephant Hawk-moth, says Monty, and seeing it change is amazing. By MONTY HALLS . Published: 17:30 EDT, 11 October 2013 | Updated: 17:30 EDT, 11 ...

Ireland's largest caterpillar, up to 7cm long, has the sheen of a soft velour, patterned with dark brown moth colours like a 1920s sofa. Its "elephant" feature is a snout at one end (mothsireland ...

The elephant hawk moth, scientific name deilephila elpenor, can be found across Britain and Ireland but also across Europe, Russia, China, northern parts of the Indian subcontinent, Japan and Korea.

Strange looking caterpillars have been spotted in North East gardens with some people thinking they’re snakes and others not knowing why they’re there. News you can trust since 1849.

YORK residents should keep their eyes open for a bright pink and green moth after this unusual caterpillar was found at Clifton Moor .