Privet Hawk Moth, Psilogramma menephron and Scrofa Hawk Moth

“These larva [of the Privet Hawk Moth] are very common, and generally found in most gardens on the Privet, the Jasmin, the Bignonia capensis… [They] may be seen nearly at all seasons, excepting in Winter.” Description from an unpublished manuscript for AW Scott, ’Australian Lepidoptera and their Transformations’ (1864-1898).