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

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

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.
--
rbel

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

I almost accidentally trod on it. Glad I didn't - I think it may have
had my foot off!

Baz wrote:
I am assuming that it is not native here?

Wikipedia says it's native, I've just never seen one before.

On 12 Jul 2013 17:56:49 GMT, wrote:

Wikipedia says it's native, I've just never seen one before.

I knew the Privet Hawk moth was native but didn't know it was *that*
big. Big yes, as in maybe 3" wingspan but not big as in nearly 5"...

--
Cheers
Dave.

"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
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On 12 Jul 2013 17:56:49 GMT, wrote:

Wikipedia says it's native, I've just never seen one before.

I knew the Privet Hawk moth was native but didn't know it was *that*
big. Big yes, as in maybe 3" wingspan but not big as in nearly 5"...


It does not have a 5 inch wingspan although the hawkmoths are large moths
you think they are larger than then are really when you see one.

On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 18:25:38 +0100, Christina Websell wrote:

I knew the Privet Hawk moth was native but didn't know it was
*that*
big. Big yes, as in maybe 3" wingspan but not big as in nearly
5"...

It does not have a 5 inch wingspan ...

Wonky pedia and dedicated moth sites give wingsspan up to 120mm or 4
3/4" that's "nearly 5"" in my book. B-)

--
Cheers
Dave.

"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
ll.co.uk...
On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 18:25:38 +0100, Christina Websell wrote:

I knew the Privet Hawk moth was native but didn't know it was
*that*
big. Big yes, as in maybe 3" wingspan but not big as in nearly
5"...

It does not have a 5 inch wingspan ...

Wonky pedia and dedicated moth sites give wingsspan up to 120mm or 4
3/4" that's "nearly 5"" in my book. B-)

It's still a nice moth to see.

Tweed

On 12/07/2013 18:56, wrote:
Baz wrote:
I am assuming that it is not native here?

Wikipedia says it's native, I've just never seen one before.
Thank God for that, doesn't matter what we say as long as Wikipedia says
it's native then it must be.

David Hill wrote:
I am assuming that it is not native here?

Wikipedia says it's native, I've just never seen one before.
Thank God for that, doesn't matter what we say as long as Wikipedia says
it's native then it must be.

Do you have information that contradicts this?