Family:
Sphingidae
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| 1972 |
Convolvulus
Hawk-moth |
Agrius
convolvuli |
Wingspan
80-120mm |
21 |
© 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 |
53 |
© 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 |
42 |
© 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 |
21 |
© 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 |
45 |
© 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 |
150 |
© 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 |
|
| 1984 |
Humming
Bird Hawk-moth |
Macroglossum
stellatarum |
Wingspan
40-50mm |
2 |
© 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 |
0 |
© 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 |
1 |
© 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 |
113 |
© 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 |
51 |
© 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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