Proserpinus proserpina 15 eggs or 10 larvae according to availability

Proserpina Hawkmoth Proserpinus proserpina

This rather rare Hawkmoth is a gem, seldom encountered, though it lives throughout much of western and central Europe, eastwards into Russia.  

​The pretty little green moth has prominent egg-yolk coloured hindwings.  

The larva is rather like a grey form of Small Elephant Hawk. Take a close look and decide which end is which! There is a false eye-spot - at the TAIL!

The foodplant is Rosebay Willowherb Epilobium, Evening Primrose Oenothera and Purple Loosetrife Lythrum.

The normal flight period is June and July.