Lime
Hawk-moth Mimas tiliae (Linnaeus,
1758) ![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/textbanner04.jpg) |
Status
.....Common in Nottinghamshire, with
most records occurring in a broad band running the length
of the county, west of the River Trent. In suburban
Nottingham, newly emerged moths can often be found on the
trunks of Lime trees. |
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Photographed at Sherwood
Forest CP June 2009 |
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Photographed at Clipstone
May 2006 |
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Photographed at Market
Warsop May 2006 |
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Photographed at Hare Hill
Wood May 2004 |
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Early stages ![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/textbanner04.jpg) |
Ova on
Lime Tilia cordata. Photographed late April 2024 |
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1st-instar larva (just hatched) on Lime Tilia cordata.
Photographed April 29th 2024. |
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3rd-instar larva on Lime Tilia cordata. Photographed May 2024 |
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Full
grown larva. Photographed on Lime Tilia cordata at Market
Warsop September 2013 |
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