Hawk Moth Collection

Acherontia atropos, death s-head hawk-moth
A mounted specimen of the death s-head hawk-moth, which takes its name from the skull-like image on its thorax. Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London

Xanthopan morganii praedicta, sphinx moth
Darwins sphinx moth, found in Madagascar. The species as a whole is known as Morgans sphinx

Convolvulus hawk-moth and bindweed
Convolvulus hawk-moth, Agrius convolvuli, caterpillar and pupa with field bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis LXXV. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Maria Sibylla Merian from De Europischen Insecten

African deaths head hawkmoth and oleander hawk-moth
African deaths head hawkmoth and larva, Acherontia atropos 1, 2, and oleander hawk-moth, Daphnis nerii 3. Sphinx tete de mort, chenille, Sphinx du laurier-rose

Hummingbird hawk-moth, Macroglossum stellatarum (Hummingbird sphinx moth, Sphinx stellatarum). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Vine or silver-striped hawk-moth, Hippotion celerio (Celerio moth, Sphinx celerio). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Panopus hawk-moth, Amplypterus panopus (Panopus moth, Sphinx panopus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Seathorn hawk-moth, dusky hawkmoth and spurge hawkmoth
Seathorn hawk-moth, Hyles hippophaes, dusky hawkmoth, Hyles vespertilio, and spurge hawkmoth, Hyles euphorbiae. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis

Hummingbird hawk-moth, broad-bordered bee
Hummingbird hawk-moth, Macroglossum stellatarum 1, broad-bordered bee hawk-moth, Hemaris fuciformis 2, and hornet moth or hornet clearwing, Sesia apiformis 3, with pupa and larva

Spurge hawk-moth on cypress spurge
Spurge hawk-moth, Hyles euphorbiae, caterpillar and pupa on cypress spurge, Euphorbia cyparrisias. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1848

Spurge hawk-moth, hornet moth and toothache plant
Spurge hawk-moth, Hyles euphorbiae, and caterpillar 1, hornet moth, Sesia apiformis 2, and toothache plant, Spilanthes species. Sphinx, spilanthe

Exotic moths including yam and Levant hawkmoths
Yam hawk moth, Theretra nessus 1, Trichura druryi, female 2, Horama plumipes 3, and Levant hawk-moth, Theretra alecto 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Satellite sphinx and spurge hawkmoth
Satellite sphinx, Eumorpha satellitia, female 1, male 2, and spurge hawk-moth, Hyles euphorbiae 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Oleander hawk-moth and spurge hawk-moth
Oleander hawk-moth, Daphnis nerii 1, and caterpillar on oleander flower, Nerium oleander, and spurge hawk-moth, Hyles euphorbiae 2, and caterpillar on leafy spurge, Euphorbia esula

Deaths head and eyed hawk-moths
Deaths head hawk-moth, Acherontia atropos 1, and eyed hawk-moth, Smerinthus ocellatus 2, moth, caterpillar and pupa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur

Poplar hawk-moth, Laothoe populi moth and larva. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele Insekten

Curtis British Entomology Plate 195
Lepidoptera: Sphinx carolina (Tobacco Hawk-moth: spurious British record of a North American species?) Date: 1824-39

Xanthopan morganii praedicta, Madagascan sphinx moth
Darwins sphinx moth, found in Madagascar. The species as a whole is known as Morgans sphinx

Acherontia atropos, deaths head hawkmoth
Illustration from Familiar British Insects (1887) by Theo Johnson

Green caterpillar & adult moth
See 29704 Erinnyis ello, on Royal/Spanish jasmine, Jasminum grandiflorum, coral snake Corallus enhydris below. Plate 46 from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium by Maria Sybilla Merian

Erinnyis alope subspecies dispersa, alope sphinx moth
Photograph of a mounted specimen of a alope sphinx moth, which occurs on the Galapagos Islands

Deilephila elpenor, elephant hawk moth caterpillars
Two elephant hawk moth caterpillars by H. Hengstenburgh. From Collection of Drawings by Dutch Artists, 17th-19th centuries. Held in the Entomology Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Cocytius antaeus antaeus Drury, giant sphinx moth
Watercolour by Edith Blake (1845-1928), 1892, from Lady Edith Blakes collection of drawings of Jamacian lepidoptera and plants, held at the Natural History Museum, London

Xanthopan morgani praedicta, hawkmoth
A species of hawkmoth used by Darwin in conjunction with the Madagascan orchid to prove his theories of evolution

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