whats this beauty then???

[se7enthdevil]

my mum was petrified when this wonderful moth came in the house.

 

loads of pictures on the net made me think it was a privet hawk-moth but after finding a couple of others i'm thinking it's a convolvulus hawk-moth.

 

anyone??

 

wing tip to wing tip was about 4"-4 1/2" and was 2 1/2"-3" long with wings closed.

 

 

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[Treemoose]

Look like a Privet hawk moth to me

[daltontrees]

It's ahawk moth OK, but looks a bit more like the Convolvulus Hawk-moth Agrius convolvuli. Rare. Feeds on Bindweed, apparently, which can only be a good thing.

[Lazurus]

Cool pictures, hope Mums ok now its identified.

[se7enthdevil]

It's ahawk moth OK, but looks a bit more like the Convolvulus Hawk-moth Agrius convolvuli. Rare. Feeds on Bindweed, apparently, which can only be a good thing.

 

that's what i thought, it does look quite like the privet mawk-moth but it wasn't quite the same.

 

i only came across the convolvulus one later on.

 

how rare is rare???

[se7enthdevil]

Cool pictures, hope Mums ok now its identified.

 

i don't take any notice of mum when she's like that, she'd jump six feet in the air if she heard a mouse fart...