I was sitting at my desk in the office yesterday on my first day back after a week off when I got a call from the Estates Manager.
"Martin - there is a huge moth here, see if you can identify it"
So I went out into the middle of a large building complex, and found this.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBhDbMQss_R4s9PXOFs4WdhS7gJWaD_1ItXGrybn3ReaE2yhn1umsU96ngL4IhEq24BV95YXMNwTZzBfXMGBSMQ-O5QVsQh5sdrlf2S9pVlCd8afOMoG9Dzcc1RWKGeztF4w-10ZSHxPU/s400/poplar-hawk-moth.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojPegSQZDN1bH3Y0vrZLbXYDn3ME1bBjJ67_LUtowqeJ1VPC_NwrnuP3in56tGNPa2cy3D2j010XR8yq8rofbwrGLUbKHVQ8Nd3fZLo9CKWZ-DkrT3SRbxwDTnLYGvt7jUJ_CUkerdaQ/s400/poplar-hawk-moth-2.jpg)
It is a Poplar Hawk Moth - female, buff phase.
So now you regular readers are probably thinking what has happened to the quality of Martin's close up work!!!
Well I don't take my gear to work on the off chance, so out came my 5 mega pix camera phone - a Sony Ericsson to get this, about 8 feet off the ground, so at arms length, on black glass with bright sun mirrored in.
However, I hadn't seen one before, like Dave with his Assassin bug, so thought I would get the shot that I could.
I really need to put a Canon G10 in my Netbook bag and carry with me at all times.
Canon - you heard my whinge two days ago - how about sending me one!! :-)
Martin
"Martin - there is a huge moth here, see if you can identify it"
So I went out into the middle of a large building complex, and found this.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBhDbMQss_R4s9PXOFs4WdhS7gJWaD_1ItXGrybn3ReaE2yhn1umsU96ngL4IhEq24BV95YXMNwTZzBfXMGBSMQ-O5QVsQh5sdrlf2S9pVlCd8afOMoG9Dzcc1RWKGeztF4w-10ZSHxPU/s400/poplar-hawk-moth.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojPegSQZDN1bH3Y0vrZLbXYDn3ME1bBjJ67_LUtowqeJ1VPC_NwrnuP3in56tGNPa2cy3D2j010XR8yq8rofbwrGLUbKHVQ8Nd3fZLo9CKWZ-DkrT3SRbxwDTnLYGvt7jUJ_CUkerdaQ/s400/poplar-hawk-moth-2.jpg)
It is a Poplar Hawk Moth - female, buff phase.
So now you regular readers are probably thinking what has happened to the quality of Martin's close up work!!!
Well I don't take my gear to work on the off chance, so out came my 5 mega pix camera phone - a Sony Ericsson to get this, about 8 feet off the ground, so at arms length, on black glass with bright sun mirrored in.
However, I hadn't seen one before, like Dave with his Assassin bug, so thought I would get the shot that I could.
I really need to put a Canon G10 in my Netbook bag and carry with me at all times.
Canon - you heard my whinge two days ago - how about sending me one!! :-)
Martin
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