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PostPosted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 7:35 pm 
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I had a call from a person in the village who had got a 'very large moth or butterfly' at his house.
I called round expecting to see a hawk-moth of some kind but was most surprised to encounter a 'tropical' butterfly that measured about 5.5 inches across its open wings.
I have put a photo in the album.
The insect was indoors when I saw it but when first found was on the outside of the window adjacent to the back garden of the property. The house owner has no idea of its origin.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:56 pm 
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I am advised that this creature is in fact a Chinese Oak Silk Moth.
Most unlikely to have flown to Grasby from the Far East!

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