Скачать или смотреть The Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi

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When I was at work we found this really cool moth, that the time i didn't know the name of it. so I decided to take it home in a jar that had a big enough hole so it could breath and not die! When I got home, I went on the net and looked it up! So I found out that this is a Hawk moth! Its even fuzzier than a bumblebee!!!
so I obviously had to take some videos of it to show you all!

Hawk Moth found on Saturday 16th July 2011

Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi Wingspan 65-90 mm. Probably the commonest of our hawk-moths, it has a strange attitude when at rest, with the hindwings held forward of the forewings, and the abdomen curved upwards at the rear. If disturbed it can flash the hindwings, which have a contrasting rufous patch, normally hidden. Distributed commonly throughout most of Britain, the adults are on the wing from May to July, when it is a frequent visitor to light. The larvae feed on poplar (Populus), aspen (P. tremula) and sallow (Salix).