Poplar Hawkmoth?

[outdoorgirl]

I've just uploaded some pics of a moth that Andy found under his truck this morning. It;s a whopper - never seen one of these before, but it seems to be a Poplar Hawkmoth, or at least something similar, according to the internet, and the pics I could find.

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1268&cat=500

anyone seen these before?

ODG

 

[jdlenton]

yup i've seen one of those at my folk on the west coast of france whopper is deinitly the word
never id'd it dont have a moth book
James

 

[Jack]

Hi guys.

That is a Poplar Hawk moth.

We had a moth trap in our garden two weeks ago and we had 105 different species and we had four Poplars in the trap - you can't believe that they can fly with a wing pattern like that.

We also had half a dozen Privet Hawks moths in the trap as well - and here is one of them on my face - a real beauty (talking about the moth).

 

[EdS]

we get alot of hawk moths especially Elephants ones.

Once found one that look very much like a Death's Head as well - certainly had the skull like marking. did not think the got to Yorkshire - strange.

 

[Goose]

We had one of those around the house a few nights ago, it stopped next to the computer while I googled an ID!
It was HUGE , at first look we thought its wings had been chewed by the dog, apparently they sit with the front wings behind the back. I have seen a few more, presuming it is the same species, flying around the back garden and at first mistook them for bats, they really are that big!

 

[JonnyP]

I built my own moth trap and regulary use it, they are amazing creatures. Have had many hawk moths as well as loads of strange looking, pretty ones and really interesting ones.
Anyone interested in making a moth trap look at this site http://www.atropos.info/gardenmoths.html
Its really easy to make.............
Best moth site http://ukmoths.org.uk/