Poplar hawk-moth

This poplar hawk-moth was collected by Alexander Baynes at Birch Green in Hertford in May 1960. It is probably the commonest hawk moth in the UK.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
321/2007/5
Category
Natural History
Collection Class
Arthropods
Collection Area Region
Northern Europe
Collector Excavator
Baynes, Mr Alexander
Common Name
poplar hawk-moth
Simple Name
insect: moth
Period Classification
Modern (1945-); Modern (1900-)

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SPHINGIDAE: Laothoe populi (Linnaeus, 1758): poplar hawk-moth