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UK
Safari Tip:
You can discover more about Britain's Hawk-Moths with this fact-filled
illustrated book - click here
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Latin name: Mimas tiliae
Size: Wingspan approximately 80mms.
Distribution: Found in Wales and England (mostly in the south). Absent from Scotland and Ireland.
Months seen: May and June.
Food: Does not feed as an adult moth. The yellow-green coloured caterpillars feed at night on lime tree leaves.
Habitat: As the name suggests they are normally found close to lime trees.
Frequently found in gardens.
Special features: The male varies in colour from pink to olive-green. The
female is light pink to red-brown. They rest during the day to avoid being spotted by birds.
 The
caterpillars are bright green with oblique white stripes along their sides. The
triangular head has a white border and the tail features a blue horn (sometimes
red underneath) with a yellow 'brush' below it.
Photo of another Lime Hawk-Moth
UK Safari Moth Section
 Hawk-Moths
of the British Isles in the Nature Shop
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