The elephant trap

Look who came to visit me today...not of one these 🐘, but one of these....

A most stunning Elephant Hawk Moth. That colour combination of hot pink and sharp lime seems far too bright for these UK shores, but it is a native and fairly common. Apparently it is so called because its caterpillar looks like an elephant's trunk. It's one of the moths that I've spent my life looking at other people's pictures of, but never expected to find one in my tiny town garden. Delighted to be proved wrong....indeed I was so delighted that I got David out of bed to come and see it. I hasten to add that he didn't mind as it's such a stunner. It was delivered to a place of safety where it could snooze out of harm's way until it resumes its nocturnal adventures tonight. Absolutely cock-a-hoop about this one. 

Arilx