Alex Hyde / Oleander Hawkmoth (Daphnis nerii) female, against white background. Captive insect, a rare but fairly regular immigrant to the UK.

Adrian Davies / Two Oleander Hawkmoths (Daphnis nerii) at rest on leaves.

Chris Mattison / Oleander hawkmoth (Daphnis nerii), larva, captive, occurs Europe

Alex Hyde / Oleander Hawkmoth (Daphnis nerii) male against bark. Captive insect, a rare but fairly regular immigrant to the UK.

Martin Willis / Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) male displaying for female on vine lek, Malanda, Queensland, Australia

Alex Hyde / Chrysalis of Oleander hawkmoth (Daphnis nerii) in soil.

Alex Hyde / Chrysalis of Oleander hawkmoth (Daphnis nerii).

Chien Lee / Hawk Moth (Daphnis hypothous), Bukit Sarang Conservation Area, Bintulu, Borneo, Malaysia

Adrian Davies / Oleander Hawkmoth (Daphnis nerii) at rest on leaves.

Adrian Davies / Oleander Hawkmoth (Daphnis nerii) at rest on leaves.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Oleander hawkmoth {Daphnis nerii} on leaf, Oman, March

Robert Thompson / Oleander hawk-moth {Daphnis nerii} third instar caterpillar larva, from Southern Mediterranean, North Africa and Middle East.

Thomas Marent / Oleander Hawk Moth (Daphnis nerii), Switzerland

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Oleander hawkmoth {Daphnis nerii} on oleander flowers Muscat, Oman

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat, Blue and white Persian-cross 'Daphnis'

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat, Blue-and-white Persian-cross 'Daphnis'

Ingo Arndt / Oleander Hawk Moth (Daphnis nerii) on tree trunk, Europe

Ingo Arndt / Oleander Hawk Moth (Daphnis nerii) caterpillar, close up of head with false eye spots

Robert Thompson / Oleander hawkmoth (Daphnis nerii) resting on bark covered in liverwort and lichen, Spili, Crete, Greece, July