Species Details

ABH: 69.009

BF: 1983

Family: Sphingidae

Subfamily: Macroglossinae

Taxon: Hemaris fuciformis

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) along woodland margins and on heathland in England and Wales The most likely confusion species is Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk H. tityus, which see for differences. Larva feeds on Honeysuckle, over-wintering as a pupa.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 46 — 52 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 5 May (2011) — 29 Jun (2013)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Galium sp., Lonicera periclymenum (Honeysuckle), Symphoricarpos albus (Snowberry).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/hemaris-fuciformis/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 94

Individuals: 212

Earliest Year: 1856

Latest Year: 2018

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