Poplar
Hawk-moth Laothoe populi (Linnaeus,
1758)  |
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.....Relatively common throughout
Nottinghamshire and regularly attracted to MV light. In recent years, we
have found the larvae of this moth rather difficult to find and it seems
to have become less common than the Eyed Hawk-moth. |
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| Photographed at Gamston
Wood June 2014 |
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Photographed at Red Hill
July 2005 |
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Photographed at Market Warsop July 2021 |
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Early stages |
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Ova laid on Goat Sallow Salix caprea, photographed at Market
Warsop August 2021. |
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2nd instar larva on Goat Sallow Salix caprea, photographed at
Market Warsop September 2021. |
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Full grown larva on Poplar Poplar sp, photographed at
Market Warsop September 2021. |
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