28.022 Hedge Beauty

Alabonia geoffrella

Lime Hawk-moth Mimas tiliae

TQ4892 17/05/2025 ©Raymond Small

The Hedge Beauty is a colourful day-flying woodland species often seen in May and June on bramble during sunny mornings. Its larvae feed on rotten tree bark. Formerly known as the 'Common Tubic' and often referred to as "Geoff" by moth enthusiasts.

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