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What's this?, i found him/her clinging to the wall outside my door?

Quite impressive.

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Posted : 11/07/2015 10:54 pm
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Looks like one of these https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laothoe_populi


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 11:01 pm
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Yep, that looks right - so it's a [i]popular moth[/i] - when it stretched it's wings out it was quite large but i don't think it was anything like 70-100mm across the tips.


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 11:09 pm
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so it's a popular moth

No, it's a Poplar Hawk Moth, it's caterpillars feed on Poplar trees.
It might be popular with some birds as an aperitif, however... 😉


 
Posted : 12/07/2015 4:44 pm
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It is a face eating moth, it is just waiting for you to fall asleep.


 
Posted : 12/07/2015 4:53 pm

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