Butterflies etc

[johnanderton]

Nice hawk moth ,

[Paul Cleaver]

the last one is an emerald -poss large emerald moth

[SKStrees]

Cheers Paul, spot on with emerald moth

[Arbdog]

dragon fly on fence took 2 years ago on galaxy s4 and a strange blue moth in the toilets at hollowell steam rally this weekend lol...oh and a crazy yellow spider!

[TTP]

Found this little feller never seen one so nice!

[nepia]

This chap was miles from cover in the middle of our lawn one afternoon last year.

[nepia]

A bit of a cheat geographically but these beauties are quite common in Central and Eastern Europe; this one in southern Croatia.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

This chap was miles from cover in the middle of our lawn one afternoon last year.

 

 

Just seen this big lump in the Fuschia! Deilephila elpenor (Elephant Hawk-moth) I think.

 

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Just seen this big lump in the Fuschia! Deilephila elpenor (Elephant Hawk-moth) I think.

 

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It's a Wiki image but the moth looks like this apparently

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deilephila_elpenor

Edited September 17, 2015 by kevinjohnsonmbe
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[nepia]

Well, I suppose your Fuchsias do look a bit like Willowherb (food plant)! Perhaps they are a genuine alternative though at this time of year I'd have expected the larvae to be burrowing underground for overwintering as pupae.