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bardofely
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Some of you will have seen this moth in the movie Silence of the Lambs and last night the pupa I had here of one I had found as a caterpillar in Candelaria hatched out and the moth was an amazing creature to see and hear - it squeaks loudly! I had to stop Smudge the cat getting it and eventually I let it fly away into the night in the early hours. Death Heads's Hawk Moths migrate and apparently can travel all the way from Africa up to Scandinavia. They raid beehives to steal honey and there are many superstitions about them!
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sara
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 oh! god! bard...it's hideous. i hate flappy things...  |
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Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:11 pm
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meandyou
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| Wow!! Got to agree - I don't much like flappy things either and it's not nearly as beautiful as those squidgy things you found on the beach recently but it is quite amazing, and well done Bard for taking the trouble to share with us. |
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Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:22 pm
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| meandyou wrote: | | Wow!! Got to agree - I don't much like flappy things either |
I quite like flaps myself - of the femail variety that is of course |
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Tue May 10, 2005 9:35 am
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sara
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...what's a "femail" ..?  |
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