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Moth id please.

FlyfiferFlyfifer Posts: 167
in Wildlife gardening

Hi  can anyone ID this beautiful large moth it was found sunday morning on our south facing conservatory door. As it was forecast to be very hot I moved it to one of the lower shaded branches of a magnolia shrub where it stayed until dusk. I think as it looked to have a wingspan of approx 3 inches it may be one of the Hawk moths but Which one??

at first glance it looks like dead leaves

camouflage? Nature at it's best. 

image 

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Poplar Hawkmoth, lovely



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • FlyfiferFlyfifer Posts: 167
    nutcutlet says:

    Poplar Hawkmoth, lovely

    See original post

     Thank you very much again for the ID Nutcutlet, yes it was very lovely and I was totally amazed that it was so well camouflaged Looking like dead leaves when on the branch.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    I love hawkmoths, I like the way they cling on to a finger for close examinationimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • jabsyjabsy Posts: 54

    How amazing, I don't think I've seen that many different moths in my garden, but then again they're probably just well disguised aha

  • FlyfiferFlyfifer Posts: 167

    Yes that is how I managed to move it out of the direct sunlight. image

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    they are well camouflaged jabsy, I rarely see any unless we run a moth trap.



    In the sticks near Peterborough
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