| 69.009 .... B&F 1983 |
Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
Hemaris fuciformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
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| Status
.....This day-flying moth has never been common in
Nottinghamshire and it remains absent from several woodland sites which
do seem suitable. For many years and following a number of records,
Clumber Park remained the only site where breeding was known to occur,
but singles have occasionally been reported from elsewhere. The moth is certainly present in the Rufford/Centre Parcs area and has recently (2021) been found and has bred has for the first time in the Sherwood Forest area, with both adults and eggs found in 2021. Other recent county records have come from Centre Parcs in 2018 (Hill, M.), Barnby-in-the-Willows (Beacock, O) and Thoresby Park in May 2020 (Kiemel Green, I.) and Clipstone Old Quarter and Blackpool Plantation in Sherwood Forest which represent new sites for the moth in Nottinghamshire. |
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| Freshly emerged adult, photographed at Clipstone Old Quarter May 2023 | ||
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| Freshly emerged adult, photographed May 2019 | ||
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| Ova/egg on Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum. Photographed at Blackpool Plantation June 1st 2021. | ||
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| Newly hatched larva. Photographed at Blackpool Plantation June 6th 2021. | ||
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| 3rd instar larva. Photographed at Blackpool Plantation June 25th 2022 | ||
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| 4th instar larva (25mm). Photographed at Blackpool Plantation June 13th 2021. | ||
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| Full grown larva (45mm). Photographed at Blackpool Plantation June 21st 2021. | ||
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| Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of
Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth |
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