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Just out of nowhere this little gem appeared? can someone please enlighten me as to what it is? 

 

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Elephant hawkmoth  caterpillar, 2nd one on the forum this week, I still haven't seen one, ever. But I do know the moth

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    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • you r right,they are really pretty.image

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    wb, Try sugaring a tree and going out with a torch to look

    .http://insects.about.com/od/entomologytools/a/Sugaring-For-Moths.htm

    Probably too late for this one, There weren't any in our last trap, but lots of moths still about. Weusealight trap but sugaring needs no equipment and doesn't disturb the neighbours



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    I'm afraid a beauty parlour is outside my experience.image

    We don't really have next door neighbours, except the farmer and he's not out there at night. The people over the roadalready know we're a bit weird



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Give it a try, nothing to lose. Take your camera



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Lol kirsch are you trying to get the insects drunk???!!!

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    nut is that really what you do to get them in? That's brilliant - I might even get brave enough to do that but I don't know if we get them up here in Scotland. Probably just extra wasps which are enjoying all sorts of stuff just now. To think we had all that willowherb at last house that we spent hours keeping back from invading the entire garden and there could have been loads of those dining in style! image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Hi fairygirl. We use a light trap but sugaring is good cos you don't need any equipment. Try it, you'll be amazed.

    You might get some wasps, we get the odd one in the trap, but mostly they've gone to bed after dark.

    Waiting for a report back from waterbuttsimage

     



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    wb, turn the light off, it will attract some of them away from the sugar. Go out and look with a torch

     



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Wow, that hawk moth is beautiful! I found a Lime Hawk Moth a couple of years ago, resting on the wall in our garden. 

     

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