On Fri, 12 Jul 2013 11:11:35 +0100, David Hill
wrote:

On 12/07/2013 10:37, Baz wrote:
wrote in news:b48nvuFg8kdU1
@mid.individual.net:

Saw one of these today:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphinx_ligustri

Doesn't look like it's particularly unusual, I've just never seen one
before. It was like a small pink bat!



Moths can get here (to Britain) in cars or caravans even freight from the
continent.
I think that is probably how it got here. It would have nothing to mate
with, and sadly die, and without spreading it's genes.
I am assuming that it is not native here?

Baz

They are British natives

They are indeed and have been recorded over much of southern England
but I have not yet been lucky enough to spot one.
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rbel