Nigel Cattlin / Eyed hawk moth (Smerinthus ocellata) on Lime (Tilia sp) leaves.

Nigel Cattlin / Lime hawkmoth (Mimas tiliae) moth on Lime (Tilia sp) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK.

Ernie Janes / Lime hawk-moth (Mimas tiliae) resting in garden, Norfolk, England, UK. June.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Lime hawkmoth (Mimas tiliae), Mechtersheim, Pfalz, Germany. July. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Alex Hyde / Lime hawkmoth (Mimas tiliae) Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. June.

Chris Mattison / Lime hawkmoth caterpillar (Mimas tiliae) on birch. Sheffield, England, UK, September.

Chris Mattison / Lime hawkmoth caterpillar (Mimas tiliae) on birch. Sheffield, England, UK. September

Chris Mattison / Lime hawkmoth caterpillar (Mimas tiliae) close up of legs, on birch. Sheffield, England, UK, September. Focus-stacked image.

Chris Mattison / Lime hawkmoth caterpillar (Mimas tiliae) close up of prolegs. Sheffield, England, UK. September. Focus-stacked image.

Jussi Murtosaari / Lime Hawk-moth (Mimas tiliae) Aland Islands, Finland, May.

Chris Mattison / Lime Hawkmoth (Mimas tillae) on white background

Simon Colmer / Lime hawk-moth larva (Mimas tiliae) on Lime (Tiliaceae) England, UK

Stephen Dalton / Lime hawkmoth (Mimas tiliae) on Lime tree, Sussex, UK

Hans Christoph Kappel / Lime hawk moth on bark, Germany

Hans Christoph Kappel / Lime Hawk moth caterpillar, Germany

Hans Christoph Kappel / Lime Hawk moth caterpillar, Germany

Robert Thompson / Lime hawk-moth (Mimas tiliae) on lichen and moss covered branch, UK, May

Paul Harcourt Davies / Lime hawkmoth (Mimas tiliae) resting on a leaf, caught using a MV light trap, Podere Montecucco, Umbria, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Photographer, Paul Harcourt-Davies, opening a homemade moth trap used to trap a number of local hawkmoths caught using MV light, Podere Montecucco, Umbria, Italy. June, 2015.

Stephen Dalton / Lime hawk moth (Mimas tiliae) perched on lime branch. England, UK.

Edwin Giesbers / Lime hawk-moth (Mimas tiliae) on sheet during insect trapping and identification session, researcher in background. Long-term monitoring has revealed a 50% decrease in moth numbers in 25 years. De Kaa...

Edwin Giesbers / Lime hawk-moth (Mimas tiliae) on sheet during insect trapping and identification session, researcher in background. Long-term monitoring has revealed a 50% decrease in moth numbers in 25 years. De Kaa...

Edwin Giesbers / Lime hawk-moth (Mimas tiliae) on cloth, attracted to light during insect trapping session. Long-term monitoring has revealed a 50% decrease in moth numbers in 25 years. De Kaaistoep Nature Reserve, Ti...

Paul Harcourt Davies / Lime hawk moth ( Mimas tiliae) portrait, Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy.