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Butterfly or Huge Moth?

Andrew KennethAndrew Kenneth Posts: 277
in Wildlife gardening
This beautiful looking butterfly/moth was on my curtain this morning. It has a wingspan of approximately 12 cm and ,as you can see, the most wonderful camouflage which will serve well for where I am here in Spain.
If you zoom in it looks like there is a little man in the center with a top hat!
Anyone know the species?

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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    It looks like one of the emporer moths. I haven't seen one in this country for years now.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • JacquimcmahonJacquimcmahon Posts: 1,039
    We get them here in France they are attracted to tobacco plants. So much so that I stopped growing them as the moths were falling foul of our cat!
    Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
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