There shall be Hawk moths

Hahaha. Fatty guy :)

Is this "after"? It looks like a plit at the top, or is that just standard patterning?

You didn't squish it did you, P?

Ugly brut eh?

reminds me of the classic film 'The First Men in the Moon' : )

There are little cakes/biscuits here called "Brutti ma Buoni" (ugly but good) which should suit these fellas very well.

As a new and fully paid up member of Butterfly Conservation I can assure you all that he was alive and well when I left him. No squishing going on here G.

he will be stunningly beautiful if he makes it GM.

Its amazing isnt it Pim. from this to stunning!

One of the most incredible things that ever happens in the natural world. This one is an Elephant Hawk moth.

Where did you find him?

He was hidind behind one of my pots, found him while moving them about, it was so blooming cold though. There was another Chrysalis in a large pot just under the soil..I think the one hanging on the wall is inactive. keeping an eye on it though :))

Pop himsomewhere cosy Pim, maybe inside a pot. I have just looked at google images for this moth, wow!

They're HUGE!

They are Large...But the "Elephant" part is because the Catapillar looks like an Elephant's trunk.

I didn't realise that, P., but they're still HUGE.