www.ukbutterflies.co.uk

A close relative knowing my interest in anything Lepidoptera related, saves various articles which appear in the Daily Telegraph. That newspaper does appear to have a much higher input about butterflies, moths and anything with some Natural History content which is obviously a good thing. Helps spread the good word.

The attached link involves one of the most informative ( informative for gardeners who do not have an in depth knowledge of those unseen visitors to their gardens ) about one of my favourite Buitterflies and Moths. Never seen one in my garden but I know they are there as I've found their larvae. So too have near neighbours who grow many varieties of Fuchsias ...

A good read :~ http://www.pressreader.com/uk/gardening ... 5/TextView

Apart from the Hummingbird Hawk, the only flying Hawkmoth I've ever seen in my garden is a female Poplar Hawk at dusk laying ova on my Lombardy Poplars. Populus nigra var italica. Twenty foot high saplings grown from cuttings. I used to rear Apaturinae butterflies on them in the past.

Hi CC, your link doesn't work for me, using Firefox on a PC. Perhaps this is the article you referred to?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/ga ... arden.html

Hi Mike,

Doesn't work for me now either ... Thanks for the different link.

It's not exactly the same article as my original link but the content is much the same in yours.

I particularly liked the image of this fabulous moth feeding from Honeysuckle whilst on the wing. Something most Hawkmoths are able to do magnificently. This image :~



The verbal content of Ken Thompson's item shows a good depth of insight of the subject. Including that not all adult Hawkmoths need to feed. Good to see that in a gardening journalist.