🐛 El otro día nos hemos encontrado estas orugas en unas ramas… 🎁 ¡Una mariposa ha querido hacernos un regalo! 🦋 ¡Es una Deilephila Elpenor! #ZoodeSantillana #SantillanadelMar #Cantabria #Zoo #VenalZoodeSantillana #ViviendoenunZoo #DeilephilaElpenor | Zoológico y Parque Cuaternario de Santillana del Mar

11K views · 436 reactions | The Elephant Hawk-moth can be seen across the UK right now in a variety of different habitats, including gardens.BBC Springwatch Adults feed from honeysuckle and other tubular flowers, whilst on the wing. https://butrfli.es/Elephant_Hawk Video by Tarmo Vakkala #Springwatch | Butterfly Conservation | Facebook

Looking like an Elephant's trunk, Elephant Hawk-moth caterpillars are large with eye-spots to deter predators. Feeding on Rosebay Willowherb and fuchsias, they are usually seen searching for a place to pupate.BBC Springwatch #MothsMatter https://butrfli.es/Elephant_Hawk © Hugo Nissen | Butterfly Conservation

When the elephant hawk-moth caterpillar feels threatened, its turns itself over to reveal its belly and its body swells up to the shape of a pit viper's head, completely transforming itself into a menacing predator 🐍 | Royal Institution of Great Britain