Elephant hawk-moth
When threatened, elephant hawk-moth larvae rear up like a snake and use their very obvious eyespots to startle predators. To preserve this larva, its insides have been squeezed out and then the skin blown up like a baloon.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 53/1976/72
- Category
- Natural History
- Collection Class
- Arthropods
- Collector Excavator
- Holcroft, Mr C W
- Common Name
- elephant hawk-moth
- Simple Name
- insect: moth
