Moths

Out for his afternoon stroll went to open gate and seen this monster on the post could any of the naturists tell us what it is sorry for thye angle iphone they were all taken vertical about 6 to 8 cm long

Edited By Graham Titman on 12/07/2023 18:16:32

COuld it be an Elephant Hawk moth?

I found a caterpillar a number of years ago

Very strange even touching wih my finger no movement hardly at all .One of the few good things about a mobile phone

Privet Hawk? ..I think Elephant are usually quite a bright green & pink, and the dark bars on these wings look distinctive.

..but I could be wrong, there are a lot of them and I think migrant blow-ins also turn up..

In any question of 'what is this critter?' it is hugely helpful if we are told which country is involved.

Trying to find a japanese moth in an austrian moth book is never easy.

Just a reminder - Cheers, Tim

I'm reliably informed by an app on my phone that it is Sphinx Ligustri or privet hawk moth.

Rob

Sorry Tim NN6 UK . It was sitting half way up a recently creosoted gate post with it's back due north.

Edited By Graham Titman on 12/07/2023 19:11:20

I think that’s a question for a naturalist rather than a naturist.

Link to a moth identifier here.

Moths

I think Grindstone Cowboy has it right.

Link to uk moth recording scheme here (if of interest).

National moth recording

To be fair, Diogenes got there before me, and without technological assistance - I wouldn't have had a clue otherwise.

Rob

My apologies to DiogenesII.

I spotted this pretty beastie on a climber near our front door last month and according to the identifier I think it’s a Scarlet Tiger.

It might be a good find in the South East  as normally in the South West & Wales apparently.

Edited By V8Eng on 12/07/2023 20:10:13

Edited By V8Eng on 12/07/2023 20:12:51

He loves my Fuchsias!!

Hi, I spotted this one on my workbench one morning back in late May 2006, when I got into work.

It seems to be a Hawk moth. Google Lens

Regards Nick.

Quite right, Frank. I wouldn’t have thought there were as many (as have answered) on the forum.😆😆😆

People might say you're a peeper, in that case, who spies on naturists going about their lawful business.

Is that a Lime Hawk, Nick?

Hi DiogenesII, I don't think so, and I think it looks like this Eyed-Hawk moth there are quite a few that seem to look very much the same though.

Regards Nick.

Thank you all for your help and very entertaing answers i was very poor scholar at school but we get there in the end somehow.Graham

Hi Nick

The magic phone app was straight in there with Eyed Hawkmoth. Just realised I could have passed myself off as some sort of expert if I hadn't mentioned the app

Rob

Edit - V8Eng's picture IS a Scarlet Tiger, and Bernard's is an Elephant Hawkmoth caterpillar. Move over David Attenborough!

Edited By Grindstone Cowboy on 13/07/2023 09:05:55

HI, actually, I just pasted my photo in the camera icon in the google search on my laptop.

Regards Nick.