Family: Sphingidae
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1972 Convolvulus Hawk-moth Agrius convolvuli Wingspan 80-120mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Immigrant from S Europe and N Africa
Habitat: Can be found anywhere including gardens

Laval Food Plant:

 Field Bindweed, Hedge Bindweed
Overwinters: Unable to overwinter

Flight Period

1976 Privet Hawk-moth Sphinx ligusyri Wingspan 90-120mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, mostly over the southern half of Britain
Habitat: Woodland, suburban habitat

Laval Food Plant:

 Privet, Lilac, Guelder Rose
Overwinters: Occasionally twice as a pupa underground

Flight Period

1978 Pine Hawk-moth Hyloicus pinastri  Wingspan 65-80mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, local in south and eastern Britain
Habitat: Coniferous woodland

Laval Food Plant:

 Scots Pine
Overwinters: As a pupa, pupates under leaf litter or just beneath the ground

Flight Period

1979 Lime Hawk-moth Mimas tiliae Wingspan 55-70
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, well distributed over the southern half of Britain
Habitat: Broadleaf woodland, parks and gardens

Laval Food Plant:

 Limes, Elm, Birch and Alder
Overwinters: As a pupa just below ground

Flight Period

1980 Eyed Hawk-moth Smerinthus ocellata Wingspan 70-80mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, fairly well distributed over England and Wales
Habitat: Gardens, orchards, parks

Laval Food Plant:

 Wild Willows, Sallows, Crab Apple
Overwinters: As a pupa underground near the food plant

Flight Period

1981 Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi Wingspan 65-90
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, recorded in all the counties of mainland Britain
Habitat: Parks, gardens, fens, woodland and heathland

Laval Food Plant:

 Poplars, Sallows, Willows
Overwinters: As a pupa underground near the food plant

Flight Period

1983 Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth Hemaris fuciformis
 Wingspan 40-47
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© Sophie Barker
Status:

Resident. Nationally Scare B
Habitat: Open woodland and heathland

Laval Food Plant:

 Wild Honeysuckle, Snowberry
Overwinters: As a pupa just below ground

Flight Period

1984 Humming Bird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum Wingspan 40-50mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Frequent immigrant from S Europe and N Africa
Habitat: Can occur anywhere from coastal sites to inland gardens

Laval Food Plant:

 Lady's Bedstraw, Hedge Bedstraw, Wild Madder
Overwinters: Has been recorded hibernating in SW England as an adult in mild winters. Generally cannot overwinter

Flight Period

1987 Bedstraw Hawk-moth Hyles gallii Wingspan 60-80mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Fairly regular immigrant to southern and eastern England
Habitat: Found in britain in coastal habitats

Laval Food Plant:

 Bedstraws
Overwinters: Known to overwinter in Norfolk most years

Flight Period

1990 Striped Hawk-moth Hyles livornica Wingspan 60-80mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Immigrant from S Mediterranean and N Africa, recorded most years
Habitat: Can occur anywhere in Britain

Laval Food Plant:

 Rosebay and other Willowherbs, Hedge Bedstraw
Overwinters: Unable to overwinter

Flight Period

1991 Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila elpenor Wingspan 45-60mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, well distributed throughout England, Wales and Ireland, scarcer in Scotland
Habitat: Rough grassland, hedgerows, ditches, gardens, sand dunes

Laval Food Plant:

 Willowherbs and Bedstraws
Overwinters: As a pupa, pupates in a cocoon on or just below ground

Flight Period

1992 Small Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila porcellus Wingspan 40-45mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, local, occurs over most of Britain but locally
Habitat: Heathland, sand dunes, shingle, grassland

Laval Food Plant:

 Bedstraws
Overwinters: As a pupa, pupates in a cocoon on or kust below ground

Flight Period

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