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The UK’s largest resident species of moth has been spotted at a nature reserve.

Volunteers from the Benfield Wildlife and Conservation Group in Hove were shocked to find a privet hawkmoth while litter picking.

Chairwoman of the conservation group Sally Wadsworth said: "Some of the team found it in the bushes and it looked as though it had just hatched out."

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