Elephant hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) This exquisitely beautiful species, with its crimson blush, is a common and widespread resident throughout the British Isles—in gardens, its caterpillars are ...

The hawk-moth’s inch-long, curved proboscis — which uncoils as they feed — allows it to suck up nectar from flowers that have a long corolla, ... 10 British species we need to save to protect our food ...

A set of Alderney stamps is to feature six of the world's 1,400 species of hawk moths. The set of six, released by Guernsey Post on 23 February, features three species resident in Alderney; the ...