Pete Eeles wrote:Elephant Hawk-moth, the same as your avatar

Fuchsia or willowherb!

Cheers,

- Pete

Really? Haha, wow. My profile picture was taken in Germany, had no idea they lived in Western Norway too. Thanks Pete!

Hello there! I just found a huge caterpillar an hour ago or so, and I have not been able to identify it. Unfortunately, I have only a cell phone to take pictures with - but I think if you know the species you'll still recognize it. It's fairly big, I'd say around 10 cm (possibly longer) when it stre...

Thanks, JKT
And thanks for the link as well, I wasn't familiar with that website.

Cheers,

I don't think so. Those palps and the general outlook ... its something entirely different. I'll try to look... Right. Oecophoridae : Harpella forficella - see one of the pictures in http://www.lepidoptera.pl/show.php?ID=2105&country=UK . Cheers! That should be the one. I'm impressed, gotta ask...

Hi all, I was wondering if you could help me identify this moth, I found it last summer, on vacation in Northern Germany. I've been looking through every butterfly/moth-ID book I've had available. Alas, no luck.. I'd really love to find out who this little fella is - I'm working on an album of all b...