Hemaris tityus
Hemaris tityus
''Hemaris tityus'', the narrow-bordered bee hawk-moth has a wide range, from Ireland across temperate Europe to the Ural Mountains, western Siberia, Novosibirsk and the Altai. It is also known from the Tian Shan eastwards across Mongolia to north-eastern China and southwards to Tibet. There is a separate population found from Turkey to northern Iran.
It appears in May and June and is a lively day-flier , generally active from mid-morning to mid-afternoon. 'Hemaris' comes from the Greek Hemera, which means 'the day'.
It frequents marshy woodland and damp moorland, and has a wide distribution across temperate Europe and Western Asia, but is generally quite scarce.
The larvae feed on devil's-bit scabious and field scabious .
Wingspan 40–50 millimetres .
It appears in May and June and is a lively day-flier , generally active from mid-morning to mid-afternoon. 'Hemaris' comes from the Greek Hemera, which means 'the day'.
It frequents marshy woodland and damp moorland, and has a wide distribution across temperate Europe and Western Asia, but is generally quite scarce.
The larvae feed on devil's-bit scabious and field scabious .
Wingspan 40–50 millimetres .
