Mark Bowler / Sphinx hawk moth (Hemeroplanes triptolemus) caterpillar, snake mimic species, Amarakaeri Communal Reserve, Maijuna, Rio Napo, Peru

Mark Bowler / Sphinx hawk moth (Hemeroplanes triptolemus) caterpillar, snake mimic species, Amarakaeri Communal Reserve, Maijuna, Rio Napo, Peru

Mark Bowler / Sphinx hawk moth (Hemeroplanes triptolemus) caterpillar, snake mimic species, Amarakaeri Communal Reserve, Maijuna, Rio Napo, Peru

Dave Bevan / Elephant hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) caterpiller climbing down a Fuchsia (Fuchsia) plant, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, September.

Nick Garbutt / Darwin's hawkmoth (Xanthopan morgani praedicta) showing extraordinarily long coiled tongue. Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar.

Nigel Cattlin / Eyed hawk moth (Smerinthus ocellata) on Lime (Tilia sp) leaves.

Nigel Cattlin / Lime hawkmoth (Mimas tiliae) moth on Lime (Tilia sp) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK.

Robert Thompson / Coffee bee hawk moth (Cephaonodes hylas) Amagasaki City, Hyogo, Japan.

Robert Thompson / Blinded sphinx moth (Paonias excaecatus) Lac-Drolet Province, Quebec, Canada.

Robert Thompson / Azalea sphinx moth (Darapsa chloerilus) close up, Lac-Drolet province, Quebec, Canada.

Robert Thompson / Azalea sphinx moth (Darapsa chloerilus) Lac-Drolet province, Quebec, Canada.

Robert Thompson / Azalea sphinx moth (Darapsa chloerilus) Lac-Drolet province, Quebec, Canada.