Topic: Alien

[Froglegs]

Found this when i was digging me buckwheat.........is it of this world....... :o

[manicscousers]

weird, aren't they, wonder what kind of moth/caterpillar is going to crawl out of it?  :)

[macmac]

What's the betting it's got a big appetite   :o\

[lewic]

Wow thats big! Looks like some kind of hawk moth. I found a bright green one that size when I was digging up some carpet, really should have taken a photo.

[saddad]

I get them too... I think they are our "grasshoppers" as I only get them on the bottom plots where there is rough grass..  :-\

[small]

Is it a cinnabar moth pupa? I get lots of these though yours does look on the large side.

[misfit]

i would say its a hawk moth of some kind



this is the deaths head hawk moth

[Robert_Brenchley]

Have you any privet (Privet hawk moth) or evening primrose (elephant hawk moth) nearby?

[saddad]

There's a privet hedge down there too... so Hawk Moth it is then... I'll leave them alone..  :)