Elephant Hawk moth caterpillar

9 days ago

For this round of the challenge I present a wonderful caterpillar I encountered this summer -- for the first time in my life. It was caterpillar of an elephant hawk moth - considered to be a rare specie. Happy find it was.

I found it eating off the fireweed tea leaves. As I've educated myself later, this is their favourite food, so what we have here is its typical behavior in its natural habitat. There is a natural 'forest' of these plants around - but those caterpillars dont cover every second plant, quite on the contrary!

My post goes for Photofeed #wildlife contest, Round 187

location:	Vyritza, Russia	August 2026	natural light
camera/lens:	Xiaomy 15T	smartphone	jpeg
t 1/100	f/3	ISO 125	PH color-corr

All images taken by me, copyright (c) @qwerrie

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@pixresteemer 71

9 days ago

!BBH

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