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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