moth id please

[dogsmercury]

Hello,

Found this moth on the stairs at work yesterday, it looked listless and I assume it had been there all weekend, with everyone else too afraid to touch it. After taking these I put it outside on some shrubbery to hopefully recover from being couped up for so long. Could someone please tell me what it is?

The front doors opened and blew it on it's back hence this pose . . .





Many thanks
Graham

[charlieb]

A Poplar Hawk-moth

[dogsmercury]

Thanks for that, just as a matter of curiosity what do they feed on?

[charlieb]

The caterpillars eat Poplar, Aspen and Sallow, the adults will feed from flowers (if they live long enough).

[dogsmercury]

thanks for that, hope that one i found made it, it was a beautiful moth and the biggest i've come accross so far!!!!!


graham