Small Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila porcellus

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69.017 Small Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila porcellus

There are 244 county records of 482 individuals from 63 different sites. First recorded in 1839.

Individual records comprise of: [371 Adult] [111 Larval] .

Occurrence by month (Adults)

May
33

Jun
245

Jul
91

Aug
1

Earliest: 18 May 2016 - Latest: 03 Aug 1996

Historical Abundance

2020
15

2019
40

2018
17

2017
35

2016
35

2015
9

2014
22

2013
15

2012
28

2011
44

Records (Individuals) by Vice County

VC67
160 (315)

VC68
84 (167)

Status Grade 1

Larval food plants

Heath Bedstraw Gallium saxatile
Hedge Bedstraw Gallium mollugo
Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum
Marsh Bedstraw Gallium palustre
Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria
Rosebay Willowherb Chamerion angustifolium

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