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The Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth, (Hemaris tityus (L.)) belongs to the Sphingidae

In the South of France, the Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth is bi-voltine and flies from May to June and in August. It is a lively day-flying moth (unlike most other Sphingids), and can be seen hovering like a hummingbird in front of nectar plants, from which it collects nectar with its long proboscis. It preferentially feeds on blue, pink or violet coloured flowers. Females deposit pale glossy green eggs, mostly singly laid on the underside of a leaf of the host plant, field scabious (Knautia arvensis). The incubation takes about nine days. The rudimentary chrysalis of 24 to 27 mm in size is blackish-brown tinted with reddish-brown at the juncture of each segment.

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