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Giant Atlas moth found on windowsill in Ramsbottom

24 October 2012 Last updated at 13:03 Help
A giant moth with a 1ft (30cm) wingspan has been found on a windowsill in Greater Manchester.

The Atlas moth is the biggest moth in the world and is normally found thousands of miles away in South East Asia.

When it landed at a house in Ramsbottom, it was so large the Blackmore family "thought it was a bat".

The moth, which only lives for a week, has since died but 30 of its offspring are being reared at a butterfly farm in Bolton.

How the moth arrived in Ramsbottom is a mystery although it's believed to have escaped from a private collection.

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2 comments:

  1. Ina9 October 2013 at 15:05

    I may come from Ramsbottom...but it wasn't me!! When this first appeared in the press I was getting messages asking if it was me that had lost it.

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  2. lizsnell9 October 2013 at 21:51

    Well Ina, do you think you could find out who it was because I'd love one to come to my windowsill!

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