Privet Hawk-moth

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1. David Bradley (sciencebase@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 22:07:06 JST David Bradley

   First Privet Hawk-moth of the year, Sphinx ligustri, in our garden last night. The largest of the British moths, can be up to 120mm wingspan.

   Some years I've seen several on the same evening along with a variety of the other Hawk-moths. But, 2024 is not proving a very good year for any of the moths here, so far :-(