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Subject:Re: FRIDAY TOPIC: what's the worst thing that ever caught on fire in your Westy?
From:David Beierl
Date:Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:50:31 -0400

At 06:16 PM 10/26/2012, Karl Wolz wrote:
>You sure that wasn't a hummybird?

Hawk moth, I suspect.  My cat used to bring them home so I could
watch him eat them.  Not your basic fluttery thing as I'm accustomed
to thinking of moths, these guys are stout, muscular jet fighters of
the moth world.  I believe they come from tomato hornworms which are
also pretty impressive.

Yrs,
d