Hemaris tityus

It has a wide range, from Ireland across temperate Europe to the Ural Mountains, western Siberia, Novosibirsk and the Altai. It is also known from the Tian Shan eastwards across Mongolia to north-eastern China and southwards to Tibet. There is a separate population found from Turkey to northern Iran. ==Biology==

It appears in May and June and is a lively day-flier (unlike most other sphingids), generally active from mid-morning to mid-afternoon. It frequents marshy woodland and damp moorland, and has a wide distribution across temperate Europe and Western Asia, but is generally quite scarce. The larvae feed on devil's-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) and field scabious (Knautia arvensis). ==Identification==

It is distinguished from H. fuciformis by the narrow band of scaling along the outer wing margin, and the forewing's undivided discal cell. It has a wingspan of . It is one of two similar species of sphingid moth occurring in Britain that closely mimic a bumblebee. Hemaris tityus - MHNT CUT 2010 0 510 - Strasbourg France - male dorsal.jpg|Hemaris tityus ♂ Hemaris tityus - MHNT CUT 2010 0 510 - Strasbourg France - male ventral.jpg|Hemaris tityus ♂ △ Hemaris tityus - MHNT CUT 2010 0 510 - Strasbourg France - female dorsal.jpg|Hemaris tityus ♀ Hemaris tityus - MHNT CUT 2010 0 510 - Strasbourg France - female ventral.jpg|Hemaris tityus ♀ △ == Pictures ==

Britishentomologyvolume5Plate40.jpg|Caterpillar and adult in John Curtis's British Entomology, Volume 5 Narrow-bordered bee hawk-moth (Hemaris tityus) caterpillar.jpg| Hemaris tityus (14222290024).jpg| Buckler W The larvæ of the British butterflies and moths PlateXXVI.jpg | ==References==