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Sesia bembeciformis

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371: 95: 25: 344: 108: 438:). The eggs are laid on the bark. The larvae first gnaw between the bark and the wood, but later crawl further into the stem. Larva development takes 3 – 4 years. The species has a hidden way of life, and the imago lives only briefly, which makes it easily overlooked. 382:
is 32–42 mm. The length of the forewings is 15–19 mm.Like all moths of the Sesiidae family, the Bembex clearwing resembles a hymenopteran (wasp) both in its appearance and flight. The wings are scaleless and transparent, narrow and elongated in shape.
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The moths appear in June, July and August, they are then found resting on the trunks of willows. These include sal willow (
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is also smaller and has a black head. In general, females are considerably larger than males. It resembles a big hornet (
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has yellow 'epaulettes' on the "shoulders" directly above the wing bases;
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is dark coloured at this point except for the yellow neck ring.
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Figs. 2 larvae before last moult 2a larvae after last moult
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is hardly distinguishable from its closest congener
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It is found in Europe. 234: 227: 208: 201: 103:Scientific classification 101: 92: 85: 789:Moths described in 1806 53:more precise citations. 453:Lepidoptera of Belgium 375: 367: 267:Sphecia dasypodiformis 373: 346: 307:Sphecia bembeciformis 295:Aegeria bembeciformis 283:Sphecia bembeciformis 246:Sphinx crabroniformis 194:S. bembeciformis 584:Fauna Europaea (new) 357:Volume 5, depicting 238:Sphinx bembeciformis 713:sesia-bembeciformis 485:Sesia bembeciformis 401:Sesia bembeciformis 387:Sesia bembeciformis 365:Sesia bembeciformis 325:Sesia bembeciformis 212:Sesia bembeciformis 87:Sesia bembeciformis 432:) and ear willow ( 376: 368: 354:British Entomology 347:Illustration from 751: 750: 723: 722: 698:Open Tree of Life 477:Taxon identifiers 330:lunar hornet moth 321: 320: 315: 303: 291: 279: 271: 262: 258: 254: 250: 242: 79: 78: 71: 821: 772: 765: 758: 730: 716: 715: 706: 705: 693: 692: 680: 679: 667: 666: 664:NHMSYS0021143404 654: 653: 644: 643: 631: 630: 618: 617: 605: 604: 592: 591: 579: 578: 566: 565: 553: 552: 540: 539: 527: 526: 514: 513: 504: 503: 502: 472: 466: 313: 301: 289: 277: 275:Aegeria montelli 269: 260: 256: 252: 248: 240: 214: 111: 110: 97: 83: 74: 67: 63: 60: 54: 49:this article by 40:inline citations 27: 26: 19: 829: 828: 824: 823: 822: 820: 819: 818: 799:Moths of Europe 779: 778: 777: 776: 726: 724: 719: 711: 709: 701: 696: 688: 685:Observation.org 683: 675: 670: 662: 657: 649: 647: 639: 634: 626: 621: 613: 608: 600: 595: 587: 582: 574: 569: 561: 556: 548: 543: 535: 530: 522: 517: 509: 507: 498: 497: 492: 479: 464: 444: 426:), ash willow ( 392:Sesia apiformis 360:Sesia apiformis 261:Laspeyres, 1801 257:Fabricius, 1793 223: 216: 210: 197: 105: 75: 64: 58: 55: 45:Please help to 44: 28: 24: 17: 16:Species of moth 12: 11: 5: 827: 825: 817: 816: 814:Sesiidae stubs 811: 806: 801: 796: 791: 781: 780: 775: 774: 767: 760: 752: 749: 748: 721: 720: 718: 717: 707: 694: 681: 668: 655: 645: 632: 619: 606: 593: 580: 571:Fauna Europaea 567: 554: 541: 528: 515: 505: 489: 487: 481: 480: 475: 469: 468: 463:Vlindernet.nl 460: 455: 450: 443: 442:External links 440: 336:of the family 319: 318: 317: 316: 304: 292: 290:Zukowsky, 1929 280: 278:Löfqvist, 1922 272: 264: 243: 232: 231: 225: 224: 217: 206: 205: 199: 198: 191: 189: 185: 184: 177: 173: 172: 167: 163: 162: 157: 153: 152: 147: 143: 142: 137: 133: 132: 127: 123: 122: 117: 113: 112: 99: 98: 90: 89: 77: 76: 59:September 2023 31: 29: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 826: 815: 812: 810: 807: 805: 804:Moths of Asia 802: 800: 797: 795: 792: 790: 787: 786: 784: 773: 768: 766: 761: 759: 754: 753: 747: 745: 741: 737: 732: 727: 714: 708: 704: 699: 695: 691: 686: 682: 678: 673: 669: 665: 660: 656: 652: 646: 642: 637: 633: 629: 624: 620: 616: 611: 607: 603: 598: 594: 590: 585: 581: 577: 572: 568: 564: 559: 555: 551: 546: 542: 538: 533: 529: 525: 520: 516: 512: 506: 501: 495: 491: 490: 488: 486: 482: 478: 473: 467: 461: 459: 456: 454: 451: 449: 446: 445: 441: 439: 437: 436: 431: 430: 429:Salix cinerea 425: 424: 418: 416: 412: 411: 406: 405:bembeciformis 402: 398: 394: 393: 388: 384: 381: 372: 366: 362: 361: 356: 355: 350: 345: 341: 339: 335: 331: 327: 326: 312: 308: 305: 300: 296: 293: 288: 284: 281: 276: 273: 268: 265: 247: 244: 239: 236: 235: 233: 230: 226: 221: 215: 213: 207: 204: 203:Binomial name 200: 196: 195: 190: 187: 186: 183: 182: 178: 175: 174: 171: 168: 165: 164: 161: 158: 155: 154: 151: 148: 145: 144: 141: 138: 135: 134: 131: 128: 125: 124: 121: 118: 115: 114: 109: 104: 100: 96: 91: 88: 84: 81: 73: 70: 62: 52: 48: 42: 41: 35: 30: 21: 20: 744:expanding it 733: 725: 484: 458:Lepiforum.de 435:Salix aurita 433: 427: 423:Salix caprea 421: 419: 410:Vespa crabro 408: 404: 400: 396: 390: 386: 385: 377: 364: 358: 352: 329: 324: 323: 322: 314:Lempke, 1961 310: 306: 298: 294: 286: 282: 274: 270:Walker, 1856 266: 245: 241:Hübner, 1806 237: 211: 209: 193: 192: 180: 86: 80: 65: 56: 37: 610:iNaturalist 395:. 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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Sesiidae
Sesia
Binomial name
Hübner
Synonyms
moth
Sesiidae

John Curtis
British Entomology
Sesia apiformis

wingspan
Sesia apiformis
Vespa crabro
mimicry
Salix caprea

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