Lime hawk moth - (Mimas tiliae)
Chris Raper
cmt.raper at triocomp.co.uk
Tue May 30 08:31:18 EDT 2000
On Tue, 30 May 2000 10:40:59 GMT, "Russell England"
<russ at globaldialysis.com> wrote:
>it appears we had a lime hawk moth (Mimas tiliae)
>in our garden yesterday afternoon.
Nice
>It was at the bottom of our silver birch tree. I have a picture of it for
>anyone that is interested.
Certainly would be interesting - but don't post the binary to the
group - put it down on your web-area and post the address here.
>Is this a rare moth?
Not exceptionally - it all depends on the habitat around you. I have
only recorded 1 in 10 years of recording on a chalk downland site -
but there are very few Lime trees in the area. :-)
Best wishes,
Chris R.
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