call that a moth???
 

Just found this beastie on my lawn - it is huge about 8 cms wingspan (although it is on its last legs now :( )

Anyone know anything about moths?

https://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g...ripey_moth.jpg

They don't taste nice but appreciate ska music.

rotflol :D

generally speaking no. i heard it might like lights though. more to the point bloody nice camera you have for such a clear picture

That is reduced down massively from the original size - but yeah very happy with my Canon Powershot Pro1 :D

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Flash used: No
Focal length: 21.8mm (35mm equivalent: 454mm)
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Did you wheelspin on his head after you took the pic ?

i hate those things

same here mate and this little baby is big :eek: - probably smash your windscreen if it hit it i reckon :D

anyone know what model ;) it is ?

Its a Hawkmoth, I'm not sure which one though. Any colours on it?

Found this thing a week back:

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k3...salib/moth.jpg

For an idea of scale the tile edging is about 80mm.

Quite a docile thing, wasn't too fussed about me poking it or when I shifted the wire :D

I can't find an exact match for either of these in my Moth guide. I suppose there are hundreds of types.

pretty sure it is the hummingbird hawk moth (http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=2198) - weird cos i thought it was a hummingbird the first time i saw it a few days ago.

Cheers for the hawk moth info :)

and that one is Striped Hawk-moth Hyles livornica
: http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=884

Ta, know what it is now :thumb: :cool:

And excuse me putting 80cm instead of 80mm....that would have been one huge moth :lol1:

Aha, well identified! I'll raise you a Six-Spot Burnet....though I think these are quite common.
http://img276.imageshack.us/img276/2552/burnet237bf.jpg

http://img276.imageshack.us/img276/8827/burnet474bf.jpg

What sentence can you expect from sexually assaulting a moth ?

just like the ones in silence of the lambs - better make sure you lock up the house!

wow that burnet is amazing

still hate moths though

I was trying to capture it and eject back into the garden, to save it from an enternity of trying to headbutt the light bulb ;)

On my monitor, with my current settings I beleive its a 1:1 truescale.

BIG MOTHER of a moth. nice find

Found this headbutting the light in the bathroom last night:

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k3...alib/moth2.jpg

I belive its a Swallow-tailed Moth http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=100&bf=1922

And if any camera enthustaists needed to know...it was took with a SE W800i with Macro on and resized before posting. :lol1: