Nota! La determinazione degli insetti necessita quasi sempre di un'indicazione geografica e temporale precisa. Invitiamo quindi gli utenti ad inserire questi dati ogni volta che viene richiesta una determinazione o viene postata una foto di un insetto. I dati forniti dagli utenti ci consentiranno anche di attribuire un valore scientifico alle segnalazioni, contribuendo a migliorare e integrare le attuali conoscenze sulla distribuzione delle specie postate.
Amici! Chi sa a quel luogo in Italia o altre paesi di Mediterraneo si può trovare bruco della Hyles nicaea? Aiutate, per favore.
P.S. I am sorry for my Italian , if you do not understand something I wrote the same text in English below:
Friends! Who knows the regions of location of larvae of Hyles nicaea in Italy or other countries of the Mediterranean sea? I'll be very grateful for the help.
Hi, Paolo! I know the information from this site. Last September I have already looked for H. nicaea in Passo del Cane (using your message) but there were already no leaves on Euphorbia. Now I plan to try for H. nicaea in Spain or other places, but unfortunately have no strict location... Maybe you know something about it?
Never found it... There's a guy from Torino who knows some places in France close to the Italian border, I'll send you a private message as soon as I'll find his e-mail address... I remember he told me it's a difficult species to breed in captivity, you need potted plants, larvae don't accept and die with cutted branches in the water...
Hi! Thanks for your help, I will wait info from you.
By the way — if you will need some information about Russian butterflies I can help you with pleasure. Link — this is my website, where I collected information and photo from my expeditions.