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I saw an enormous moth!

7 posts & 6 voices | Started 2 years ago by julianwilson | Latest reply from curious orange

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julianwilson - Member

...yesterday in the beer garden of the Plume in Princetown.

it was the size of a jellybaby, and had this amazing curly tongue thing (i have learnt a new word too -proboscis) that was even longer than its body and went right into the middle of the flowers.

a truly bonkers creature and amazing that it can just hover there.

that is all.

Posted 2 years ago #
geoffj - Member

Hummingbird Hawk Moth - in case you are interested.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/3063.shtml

Posted 2 years ago #
Nico - Member

hummingbird hawkmoth

Posted 2 years ago #
julianwilson - Member

yikes, top moth-spotting folks^^. Apparently they are quite common some summers. I am pretty sure I would have memories of backing away very nervously as a scared eight-year-old if I had seen one before.

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buzz-lightyear - Member

fantastic critter

Posted 2 years ago #
stumpy01 - Member

Our cat eats moths like these for some reason.

Posted 2 years ago #
curious orange - Member

We had a Garden Tiger moth flitting around the pond earlier. It wasn't that an impressive size; but rather colourful.

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