Big, Fat and Beautiful
Saturday 18 June, Spurn. Not in a moth trap but emerged from pupa stage in long grass. Its body was particularly fat. Is this a female then, similar to the different body shapes of the different sexes of Poplar Hawk Moths? Oh- and how do you spell Hawkmoth/ Hawk Moth/ Hawk-moth?
Earlier in the day in normal rest posture: Stealth Bomber mode!
Very nice images, Martin.
Surely they are hawk-moths, so it would be called an Eyed Hawk-moth? that is way we call stuff at Spurn and not like the rspb lot!
Thank you Mr Roadhouse. Duly corrected. Now is it Storm Petrel or Storm-petrel?
the lastest clements calls them Storm-petrels
Hi Martin
In the Log Book of British Lepidoptera and the latest edition of Moths of the British Isles by Bernard Skinner the Sphingidae are listed as Hawk-moth. Yet in THE Field Guide – Lewington et al – they are listed as Hawkmoth. So who knows which is correct – personally I go with Hawkmoth
I’ve looked them up a bit and they#re called Eyed Hawk-Moths but I think you can variate that a lot.
Today a friend brought a chrysalis to me, and after a ton of research I found it was an Eyed Hawk-Moth! HAPPY!! They’re beautiful and I can’t wait until it hatches. Anyone know how long they spend in the chrysalis?