Nigel Cattlin / Convolvulus hawk moth (Agrius convolvuli) female resting with wings partly open, on damaged leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. October.

Nigel Cattlin / Convolvulus hawk moth (Agrius convolvuli) female resting on damaged leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. October.

Bernard Castelein / Convolvulus hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli) resting on tree trunk, Brasschaat, Belgium. August

Bernard Castelein / Convolvulus hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli) resting on tree trunk, Brasschaat, Belgium. August

Robert Thompson / Convolvus hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli) caterpillar, Vercors National Park, France

Robert Thompson / Convolvulus hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli) caterpillar, Vercors National Park, France, August.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Convolvulus hawk moth (Agrius convolvuli) Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Italy, June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Convolvulus hawkmoth (Agrius convolvuli) close up of wings, Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Italy, June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Convolvulus hawkmoth (Agrius convolvuli) resting on bindweed, in garden at Podere Montecucco, near Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, August.

Konrad Wothe / Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli) at flowers, Italy

Konrad Wothe / Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli) feeding on flower with proboscis, Italy

Konrad Wothe / Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli) hovering and feeding with proboscis on flower, Italy

Bernard Castelein / Convolvulus hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli) resting on tree bark, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Convolvulus hawk moth (Agrius convolvuli) camouflaged against tree trunk, Umbria, Italy. June.