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Anyone know what the hell this is?

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  • 28-07-2008 4:08pm
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    Gonzovision
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 4,726 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Landed on my keyboard a while ago. Never managed to find out what it was.
    Anyone seen anything like it before in this country. Scared the bejesus out of myself and the girlfriend!


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    minxie
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    my god its huge:eek:
    what is it


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    monty_python
    Registered Users Posts: 1,682 ✭✭✭monty_python


    thats a horrible looking yoke...... worst then me the morning after a heavy session!!!!!!!!!


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    Alun
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    Might be better over in Nature and Birdwatching, but I reckon it's probably some kind of Hawk Moth going by the size. There's a guy over in that forum called MothMan who'll know the answer in a flash (although he's not been around a lot recently).

    EDIT: Looks like it might be this guy going by the pink colouring on his body

    http://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/s_lig.htm

    http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=1669


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    carwash_2006
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    Yup definitely a Hawk Moth. Had one fly in my bedroom window one time, was pretty scarey up close and absolutely huge.

    The cat had a great time :D


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    Gonzovision
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    Would a mod be able to move this to nature and birdwathing for me. Sorry I didnt come across that forum.


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    Glowing
    Registered Users Posts: 2,851 ✭✭✭Glowing


    I'm afraid to open the attachment, shame on me.


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    BlackCat2008
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    I've seen loads of insects I only ever seen in the country as a kid up in Dublin over the last year or two and lots I couldn't identify as well, seems to be our new climate as well as all the imported goods coming into the country! There seems to be a lot of grass hoppers and bettles some are lovely it might help the bird population to have something else to eat on the other hand something has to give to let them populate ???


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    Clare Bear
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    Ì want one!


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    Gonzovision
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    Thanks Alun looks very similar alright. Quite scary when you've never seen 1 before!


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    gerky
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    It looks to be a Convolvulus Hawk Moth (Agrius convolvuli)
    Here's a photo


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    animalcrazy
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    If that came anywhere near me I would scream my head off. I'm afraid of butterflies or anything like that.


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    hadook
    Registered Users Posts: 792 ✭✭✭hadook


    My cats want to know if you kept it? :cool:


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    stiktoir
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭stiktoir


    It's a Pomeranian cannibal moth (Sphinx cannibalis). They enter the brains of their victims through the ear canal where they then lay their eggs.


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    Vinnie K
    Closed Accounts Posts: 444 ✭✭Vinnie K


    stiktoir wrote: »
    It's a Pomeranian cannibal moth (Sphinx cannibalis). They enter the brains of their victims through the ear canal where they then lay their eggs.

    Cool!!:pac:


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    Frisbee
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    Had one of these fly into our work on saturday night



    Havoc ensued


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