THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB
DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES
UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON
ROMFORD ROAD, STRATFORD,
LONDON, EI5 4LZ
NEWSLETTER NO. 19
November 1996
SOME OBSERVATIONS FROM SIMON PATIENT
On the 26th July I noticed a Hummingbird Hawk moth hovering over a Buddleia in the
liitle nature patch near my house. This was a really good find there.
Then in August we had a phone call from a lady in Althorne who had sixteen Elephant
Hawk moth caterpillars in her garden. They were devouring her fuchsia. We went to see
them by which time there were only six left. The others had dispersed. They were really
a sight to see and when you touched their head they shrank back and did indeed look like
an elephant's head.
Essex Field Club Newsletter No. 19, November 1996