POPLAR HAWKMOTH

WE CAME DOWN THIS MORNING TO FIND A POPLAR HAWKMOTH 

CLINGING TO A CALENDAR ON THE SIDE OF THE KITCHEN CABINET. 

THE PICTURE IS OF OUR CAT GIBBS WHEN HE WAS A KITTEN. 

NOT SURE WHERE THE MOTH CAME FROM OR WHY SHE 

CHOSE TO LAY HER EGGS IN SUCH A STRANGE PLACE. 

WE DID EVENTUALLY PUT HER OUTSIDE.

Brilliant Week-End

We went out to Bissoe on Sunday (brilliant sunshine) and saw our first ever Poplar Hawk-Moth hanging in the reeds. We were surprised how big it was. Also a newly emerged Broad-bodied Chaser which clumsily flew onto John as he took a picture. I eventually took it off the top of his head and it was still shiny and slightly damp. (the Chaser not his head).






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On Saturday we went to Goss Moor and found this fantastic Emperor Dragonfly as well as a Golden-ringed. Also of interest was a single Green Hairstreak as we have never seen any there.




This gives me the creeps. Sue