| SCIENTIFIC NAME: | HYLES EUPHORBIAE |
| VERNACULAR NAME: | SPURGE HAWKMOTH |
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| DESCRIPTION | A variable species that starts greenish with a series of paired, black-edged white spots along each flank. Becoming more blackened with age. A red line runs along the back, and the slightly nobbly horn at the rear is red at the base with a black tip. |
| FOODPLANT | A slow feeding species on various types of spurge. |
| SEASON | Very rarely found in the British Isles but can occur between June and September. |