Robert Thompson / Privet hawk-moth (Sphinx ligustri) caterpillar on stem, Abbots Leigh, Somerset, England, UK. July.

Robert Thompson / Privet hawk-moth (Sphinx ligustri) camouflaged on branch, Northern Ireland, May.

Robert Thompson / Privet hawk-moth (Sphinx ligustri) camouflaged, Northern Ireland, May.

Brian Bevan / Two Privet hawkmoth (Sphinx ligustri) on Privet (Ligustrum), Bedfordshire, England, UK, July. Captive.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Privet hawkmoth (Sphinx ligustris) Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, September.

David Kjaer / Privet hawkmoth (Sphinx ligustri) Wiltshire, UK

Jussi Murtosaari / Privet hawk-moth (Sphinx ligustri) male on tree trunk, Lemland, Ahvenanmaa / Aland Islands Archipelago, Finland. June

Jussi Murtosaari / Privet hawk-moth (Sphinx Ligustri) resting on tree trunk, Lemland, Ahvenanmaa / Aland Islands Archipelago, Finland. June

Alex Hyde / Privet Hawkmoth (Sphinx ligustri), hotographed on a white background in a mobile field studio. Devon, UK. June.

Alex Hyde / Privet Hawkmoth (Sphinx ligustri) feeding on honeysuckle flowers at night. Devon, UK. June.

Alex Hyde / Privet Hawkmoth (Sphinx ligustri) resting during daytime. Devon, UK. June.

Ernie Janes / Privet hawk-moth (Sphinx ligustri) on Wild rose (Rosa) England, UK, July.

Thomas Marent / Privet Hawk Moth (Sphinx ligustri) caterpillar, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Privet Hawk Moth (Sphinx ligustri) caterpillar, Switzerland

Jussi Murtosaari / Privet Hawk-Moth (Sphinx ligustri) resting on tree, Finland, June

Jussi Murtosaari / Privet Hawk-Moth (Sphinx ligustri) caterpillar, Finland, August

PREMAPHOTOS / Privet hawkmoth (Sphinx ligustri) in a defensive display with wings open when disturbed, UK.

PREMAPHOTOS / Privet hawkmoth (Sphinx ligustri) in a garden, UK

Kim Taylor / Privet Hawk Moth (Sphinx ligustri) caterpillar. England. Captive

Solvin Zankl / Privet hawkmoth on finger {Sphinx ligustri} Germany - man watching

Colin Varndell / Privet hawkmoth newly emerged {Sphinx ligustri} UK

Adrian Davies / Privet hawk moth (Sphinx ligustri). South England, UK, Europe

Bernard Castelein / Privet hawk moth caterpillar {Sphinx ligustri} Belgium

Adrian Davies / View from Carn Near, Tresco, Isles of Scilly. UK.

Stephen Dalton / Privet hawkmoth (Sphinx ligustri) resting on stone, Sussex, England. July.

Ernie Janes / Privet hawk-moth (Spinx ligustri) on privet, Ligustrum hedge, Norfolk, England, UK.

Chris Mattison / Privet Hawk-moth (Sphinx ligustri) caterpillar, Catbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK., August.

Andy Sands / Privet hawkmoth (Sphinx ligustri) resting with wings open, Hertfordshire, England, UK, June - Focus Stacked