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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 18:06:09 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 18:06:37 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 18:07:03 GMT
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Post by nomad on Feb 24, 2017 19:03:24 GMT
I believe Agrius convolvuli is the second largest moth species that occurs in in the British Isles, being second only to Acherontia atropos. As both are immigrants, Sphinx ligustri is considered our largest resident moth. Interestingly, while A. convolvuli is still visiting us most years in good numbers, A. atropos has become a rather infrequent and scarce immigrant of late, with few larva being reported.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 19:39:28 GMT
I once had the pleasure of seeing convolvuli on the wing, briefly, when I lived on the Isle of Wight, as I was having a late supper sat outside a cliff top cafe, they look as big as a bat on the wing.
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