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I was beaviering away in the greenhouse when I had a visitor. I have repatriated him to the " Wild" garden
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I found one of those in my garden last year ntg, we looked it up on the net but I can't remember what it was called now - looked scary at the time though!Comment
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What is it Nick?[Comment
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Hi Guys,
It's an Elephant Hawk Moth. It was about 8 - 10mm dia & about 80mm long !
this is what they look like :-
http://www.uksafari.com/elephanthm.htmntg Never be afraid to try something new.
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Blimey, that's a big un Nick! I had one in the garden last year & it was only about 50 mm long & had a spider's web plastered all over it's face as though it had just escaped. I would love to see the moth though as I have never seen one although obviously must be one around somewhere nearby.Into every life a little rain must fall.Comment
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I get loads of moths in my garden. It's a real pain sometimes as the munch their way thru the Chrysanths! I think most of the m live in the Silver birch at the bottom of the garden.
He was quite a beauty wasn't he. The especially like Willo herb ..... (hangs head in shame) I've got a nice patch of that as the bottom of the garden was left this year whils I concentrated on other jobs
ntg Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic==================================================Comment
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Any excuse Nick, wildflowers are very fashionable now though & the white form of willow herb is very popular so you're just being a trendsetter!
Into every life a little rain must fall.Comment
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That's strange SueA, my wife spells it I-D-L-E-G-I-T
ntg Never be afraid to try something new.
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Weird I thought I posted this yesterday, but the Victorians introduced rosebay willow herb as a garden plant. But then they used to use cannabis plants as screening cos they grew so tall....
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And a heaven in a wild flowerComment
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I like the sounds of that SBP, you wouldn't worry about the weeds then & you bonfires would be popular with everyone
ntg Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic==================================================Comment
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That is one cool looking catterpillar! The spots on it's back end sure look like eyes, don't they? Probably to scare predators away.
Speaking of cannabis, I once had the stuff growing in my garden. I did not plant the stuff on purpose, I swear! I was feeding my budgie at the time when I spilt some of his food. Back then, budgie seed used to contain hemp seeds. Of course, these seeds started to grow and, before we knew it, we had hemp growing by our back door!
We just picked them out and threw them away like weeds. 
BTW, did you know that Queen Victoria used to use marajuana as pain control?Comment
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The daddy (or mummy) once paid a visit to out house one summer evening.
Wings furled it was like a sausage stuck to the wall, HUGE.
The OH is terrified of moths, so I had the room to myself for some time.
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