Lime hawk-moth
Mimas tiliae
Hawk moths
(Sphingidae)
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Thin brown front wing with a distinctive ragged rear edge, green brown to pinkish marked. The rear wings are brown pinkish. The butterfly does not feed and only lives a few days. The long caterpillar is green with yellow and purple-pink markings with a distinctive blue arrow-shaped marking at the end. Just before pupating it becomes more red coloured. ⇔ wsp. 55-75 mm
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1 LookAlikes (LA):
Elephant hawk-moth
Lime hawk-moth
Lindepijlstaart
Lindenschwärmer
Sphinx du tilleul
Sfinge del tiglio
Mimas tiliae [L.]
Mimas tiliae [L.]
Бражник липовый
Mimas tiliae [L.]
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