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Gold Swift, Hepialus hecta

Family: Hepialidae

16     *     Gold Swift     *     Hepialus hecta


Locally common
Wingspan: 22-33mm

Flight time: May-August
Habitat: Open woodland, heaths and rough grassland

Larvae feed on Bracken, first internally and then on young shoots

Similar: Common Swift


Gold Swift, Hepialus hecta


Gold Swift, Hepialus hecta

Gold Swift, Hepialus hecta
Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. June 2011

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