Lime Hawk tiliae BRICK RED VARIETY 15 eggs

Lime Hawk tiliae BRICK RED VARIETY 

This rare aberration has BRICK RED colouring all over . Both parents are the BRICK RED, and a good proportion of the progeny should follow. These adults are also producing BANDED and ONE SPOT vars.

Extremely easy to rear on Lime or Elm. Other reported foodplants include Cherry, Alder, Birch, Oak, Hazel, Acer including Sycamore, Sorbus, Apple, Pear and Ash! In autumn the larvae will grow faster if kept warm.

The larvae do particularly well sleeved on growing foodplant but can be kept in plastic boxes or cages. Beautiful streamlined larvae. Larger larvae are often heavily marked with flame and scarlet spots and blotches. Very variable. They pupate underground. In captivity they will pupate amongst folds of cloth or absorbent tissue. Store pupae refrigerated for the winter. The moths normally emerge in May/June.