Elephant hawke moth for Hywel
By Kidsgran
19 Aug, 2018
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My great niece,s little girl found this in their garden and her mum posted it on face book to find out what it was they identified as a elephant hawke moth and one of her friends said it if you have fushsias they love them ! the little girl wanted to keep it as a pet ...
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I had one once ,I think they are rather cute ...
19 Aug, 2018
I also found one a couple of years ago...on my fuchsias. I agree Amy, very cute.
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Thanks Kidsgran, I've seen these in my garden in the past, I have lots of Fuchsias but I've always seen them on other plants, never on the Fuchsias although they say they like them.
I haven't seen any this year, nor the adults but I did see a Poplar Hawk moth as in the photo …
19 Aug, 2018