Many moons ago when I worked for MAFF (DEFRA now) 2 small boys brought an Elephant Hawk moth Caterpillar into our office as they thought it might be something nasty like Colerado beetle and were a bit disapointed when I said it wasn't.
I kept 'Hannibal' in a large jar, well fed on Rosebay Willow herb and eventually he morphed into the fantastic moth as per nutcutlets photo. I waited until his wings had dried out then released him into the offices grounds.
Chickweed is delicious... use it like spinach, steamed with butter and sprinkle of lemon juice, with scrambled eggs. If you have chickens/ducks, they love the stuff, so you may not have any left to go with the scrambled eggs...
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One that visited me last year.
Hi David. Is that a selfie
In all the time I've been doing moth traps and seen numerous elephant hawkmoths I have never seen one of these in the garden
In the sticks near Peterborough
Can't stand cheeky kids!!
They're quite scary when you first see them.
my selfie
In the sticks near Peterborough
Bit prettier than I'd have expected, TBH.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Many moons ago when I worked for MAFF (DEFRA now) 2 small boys brought an Elephant Hawk moth Caterpillar into our office as they thought it might be something nasty like Colerado beetle and were a bit disapointed when I said it wasn't.
I kept 'Hannibal' in a large jar, well fed on Rosebay Willow herb and eventually he morphed into the fantastic moth as per nutcutlets photo. I waited until his wings had dried out then released him into the offices grounds.
Chickweed is delicious... use it like spinach, steamed with butter and sprinkle of lemon juice, with scrambled eggs. If you have chickens/ducks, they love the stuff, so you may not have any left to go with the scrambled eggs...