Jussi Murtosaari / Bedstraw hawk-moth (Hyles gallii) caterpillar, South Karelia, southern Finland, July.

Kim Taylor / Hummingbird Hawkmoth (Macroglossum stellatarum) egg on underside of leaf of Hedge Bedstraw, Surrey, UK

Adrian Davies / Bedstraw Hawkmoth (Hyles gallii) England, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Bedstraw hawk moth (Hyles gallii) caterpillar. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July.

Alex Hyde / Bedstraw hawk moth (Hyles gallii) caterpillar. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July.

Alex Hyde / Bedstraw hawk moth (Hyles gallii) caterpillar, Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July.

Ann & Steve Toon / Bedstraw Hawkmoth (Hyles gallii) museum specimens showing variation in size and colouration, Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Paul Harcourt Davies / Small elephant hawk-moth (Deilephila porcellus) feeding on bedstraw (Galium) species. Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, August.

Jussi Murtosaari / Bedstraw hawkmoth (Hyles gallii) feeding on Dandelion nectar in flight, central Finland, June.

Andy Sands / Bedstraw Hawkmoth (Hyles gallii) on Bedstraw (Galium sp.) foodplant, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, July

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Caterpillar larva of Bedstraw hawkmoth {Hyles gallii} Denmark, July

Adrian Davies / Bedstraw Hawkmoth {Hyles gallii} UK