Picture: Anna Gazeley This year, they turned up elephant hawk-moth, eyed hawk-moth and some bigger surprises: a leopard moth appeared, along with the green silver-lines, a clouded silver and the ...

The elephant hawk moth gets its name from the resemblance of its larvae to an elephant’s trunk. It is a nocturnal creature mostly found in West and Central Europe, with a large population in the Irish ...

An elephant hawk-moth (left), an adder and a giant woodwasp - just three of the creatures readers used to bring to the Tele office for David Carnduff to inspect.

Apparently the Humming-bird Hawk-moth is considered a good omen in Italy and Malta. A swarm was observed crossing the English Channel towards England on the day of the D-Day landings in 1944.

When it comes to the sense of hearing, humans might consider themselves quite adept, but there is a fascinating world of auditory perception beyond our grasp. Many animals have evolved to hear ...