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Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
Hemaris tityus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sphingidae: Macroglossinae
1982 / 69.008
Photo © Will Langdon,  By day - Otmoor MOD, VC23 - 29/05/2023

Similar Upper Thames Species
Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
Hemaris fuciformis
Humming-bird Hawk-moth
Macroglossum stellatarum
Foodplant:   Devil's-bit Scabious, Small and Field Scabious.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Former Status: Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3

Very local and rare in the region. Occurs in damp, low-lying grassland and on unimproved chalk downland. Historical records indicate that it was found widely but locally. Very recently, it has reappeared in the region, with a colony found on low-lying farmland in Berkshire, a single adult in a south Oxfordshire garden and a colony near Oxford.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 19 (24%) of 78 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1851.
Last Recorded in 2022.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
26/06/2022122SU38 - Uffington / Wantage (W)
03/06/2022122SU37 - Lambourn
01/06/2022123SP52 - Ardley, Bicester
19/05/2022122SP40 - Wolvercote, Wytham, Wootton
07/05/2022123SU67 - Reading (W), Whitchurch
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