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Froglegs
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September 30, 2009, 10:37:47 »
Found this when i was digging me buckwheat.........is it of this world....... :o
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manicscousers
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September 30, 2009, 16:01:25 »
weird, aren't they, wonder what kind of moth/caterpillar is going to crawl out of it? :)
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macmac
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September 30, 2009, 16:17:35 »
What's the betting it's got a big appetite :o\
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lewic
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September 30, 2009, 19:38:18 »
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.
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saddad
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September 30, 2009, 19:38:50 »
I get them too... I think they are our "grasshoppers" as I only get them on the bottom plots where there is rough grass.. :-\
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September 30, 2009, 22:22:18 »
Is it a cinnabar moth pupa? I get lots of these though yours does look on the large side.
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misfit
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October 01, 2009, 11:19:25 »
i would say its a hawk moth of some kind
this is the deaths head hawk moth
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Robert_Brenchley
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October 01, 2009, 20:48:46 »
Have you any privet (Privet hawk moth) or evening primrose (elephant hawk moth) nearby?
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saddad
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October 01, 2009, 20:50:15 »
There's a privet hedge down there too... so Hawk Moth it is then... I'll leave them alone.. :)
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