Richard Pryce sent me this image taken in his Pwll (Llanelli) garden pond of an Elephant Hawk-moth (
Deilephila elpenor)caterpillar that found itself marooned after eating the leaves of plant it had used as a bridge! Personally I have never seen or heard of Bog-bean (
Menyanthes trifoliata) being used as a foodplant by this species, the more usual plants being
Fuchsia,
Galium and
Epilobium.
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