Big Moth Id

[andybysea]

When going out this afternoon i found this moth on my door matt, (nearly stepped on it)
its one of the biggest moths ive seen, wingspan must be 2 to 2.5 inches i assume its here drying out its wings as its not doing much, but is definately alive. Any ideas.

 

[Shewie]

It looks a bit like a Prominent but I've no idea which one, there's just too many to learn


What's going on with the photo Andy, I've got my laptop upsidedown here trying work it out.

 

[Calculon]

I think it's a large Angleshades.

Calc

 

[andybysea]

Rich, how do you mean whats going on in the pic, the only thing i can think is that, the gap between moth/matt and rough cast wall looks like it drops away in to a void, that is because i moved both to a high up out of the way place to avoid Mr Moth getting squashed by my kids when they came home from school.If its something else let me know.cheers guys will do a search for info, i used to have a good book on moths but lost it years ago.

 

[Shewie]

Rich, how do you mean whats going on in the pic, the only thing i can think is that, the gap between moth/matt and rough cast wall looks like it drops away in to a void, that is because i moved both to a high up out of the way place to avoid Mr Moth getting squashed by my kids when they came home from school.If its something else let me know.cheers guys will do a search for info, i used to have a good book on moths but lost it years ago.

Ahh gotcha, I thought the mat was still on the floor and I couldn't work out what the stone surface was.


I'll get me coat

:sulkoff:

 

[robin wood]

poplar hawk moth

 

[Shewie]

poplar hawk moth

Yeah good shout Robin, that looks more like it.

 

[andybysea]

thats it on this website bottom right of page still no name? calulon looks like a angleshade, but the head of angleshade in pics i can find look a bit smaller.
http://www.sansior.co.uk/image_html/moths.html

couple more better quality pics,

the size is certainly right for a angleshade it says approx 48mm id put this one down to approx 50

 

[firecrest]

Poplar hawk moth.

I picked one up last year that was on the pavement and it flew out of my hand and under a lorry

 

[andybysea]

Yep just about to say 1st prize Mr Robin Wood, definately that one.
cheers folks!

 

[Opal]

you've all got me hooked on this ID lark, been scouting through me books for this one and happy to find like some others that it's a Hawk moth, just gotta turn this into lottery number IDing.

 

[Mang]

Just photographed one myself the other day...and it was on a Poplar at the time...

 

[MickG]

Picked one up about 1980 and took it in to photograph and it laid 8-10 eggs
Kept the eggs in an icecream container and they hatched into catapillars
found they eat poplar so collected some leaves and threw them in
They made short work of them and for the next few weeks had to get more and more as they grew to about 30-35mm long and about 8-10mm dia
They started to bury themselves in the dirt I had in the base of the container
Cant remember how long they were dormant but was woken up in the night with one of them flapping about as it had changed back into a moth
Put the rest of them into the garden and hoped they all hatched
Mick