Moth

[Bigfoot]

This has been on my garage door all day, don’t remember seeing these very often.

[Mackerel]

Lime Hawk-moth - Mimas tiliae.
No idea what it is doing so far north, or on the wing in September!
Gorgeous insect: good spot!

[Fulmar]

It is beautiful, how lucky to see it.

[Bill Fernie]

A very good place to check moth finds is http://www.caithnessmoths.org.uk/

Each month has section on what to lookout for - eg October http://forum.caithness.org/showthread.php?279484-Moth

Neil Money runs the site - http://www.caithnessmoths.org.uk/countymothrecorderpage.html

[nemosia]

Actually this moth is not Lime Hawk-moth but Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa)

[Bigfoot]

Hi, thanks for the info, certainly looks like that one.

[Mackerel]

Sorry, Bigfoot! I should have left this to someone who knows what they are talking about (or at least looked at the picture properly).

[Bigfoot]

No worries, i have that conversation with myself on a daily basis :)