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Willowherb Hawkmoth Catterpillar

Proserpinus proserpina

Description:

The evening primrose moth flies in one generation in Germany from May to mid June. Depending on the climatic conditions can watch the butterflies from the end of April and the end of July. The time of appearance of caterpillars is strongly dependent on the weather -dependent. In warm summers, you can already find the end of June, in cool and wet years, however until mid-August.

Habitat:

Southern and Central Europe

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1 Comment

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

It is a Central European Hawk moth, but on your map it is located in Indonesia. How that?
Wonderful spotting!
Please, add this one and all your other butterfly and moths shots from Europe into the group:
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8574...
Would be nice contributions!

FransiskusEdbert
Spotted by
FransiskusEdbert

Bogor, Jawa Barat, Indonesia

Spotted on Aug 29, 2010
Submitted on Jan 2, 2012

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