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
Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. June 2011