FOOT-WIDE moth in the Himalayas

Meet the world's largest moth, known as Attacus or Atlas, as it serenely sits on a road in north-east India.
With its astonishing 25cm or one foot wingspan, Sandesh Kadur was heading straight for this giant insect as he drove round the bend in the heart of the eastern Himalayas.Mr Kadur, who described the moth as 'ginormous', admitted it looked like it was about to attack him as it opened its wings and took a defensive position