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A great site to show the kids wat sort of catapiller they found which is now in the process of changing into a elephant hawk moth in our garden.

Excellant resource. Thanks

Thanks for providing this v. useful site. We got here from a NHM site link and quickly identified our Magpie moth.

Hello!
I was having a meal at The Plough in Dulwich, SE London, last night and an astonishingly beautiful moth flew past (at about 10 pm) - at first I thought it was a lost butterfly. We went back to my friend's for coffee (about a five minute walk away) and when she opened the French doors to her kitchen another (or the same one?) flew in. I took pictures with my mobile and think I have identified it as a Jersey Tiger. Regards,
Chrissy

Fantastic website, and what alot of recent interest..have been a moth lover and watcher for several years. Why no Argent and Sable? I saw one in my bathroom in Herefordshire about 4 yrs ago. Sadly didnt take a photo.

Hi Ian,
We are finding your website incredibly useful at the moment. We live in a rural area and get vast quantities of moths in at this time of year. As many of them are so beautiful we decided to find out what they all were and have identified about 30 so far. My son is hoping to use the information for the school's nature table. Keep up the good work and thank you!
The Walker family.

Just found a Sycamore Moth caterpillar (a \"punk caterpillar\" as my son and I called it) in Loughborough, Leicestershire, having never seen one in my life. Wouldn't have identified it without the help of this site, so thanks!

never before seen such an interesting moth as the buff tip, evolution never ceases to amaze me ! caused a lot of interest locally as no one had ever seen one before. Now released back outside, I found it on my back door when I opened it. Has left me some eggs in the container I kept it in they may not be viable but am hoping for the best shall then have to find what leaves they prefer, any ideas? Many thanks.

I just had to look up a moth that I saw twice today in South-East London. Turns out it was a Jersey Tiger Moth, and it's not normally seen in these parts (unless you count Honor Oak as 'central London'). Very cool.

Excellent site,found the moth I was looking for in minutes!
I think you may have re-kindled an interest that disappeared many years ago!
Well done.

very helpful site - I do like it when the internet works - and identified the pretty and tiny Pyrausta aurata which has been evident in the garden this week

A few weeks ago my daughter and mother-in-law found a leopard moth.
We live in Warrington in Cheshire, is this the furthest north these are found?
Thanks
Tina

Interesting site but it didn't help me identify small moths that flew in at night when a window and light were left on around the 9th July.

All three were the same size - approx one centimeter. The wings were edged in deep orange but inside a lighter apricot. There are charcoal coloured dots along the bottom edge of the wings, and also what I can only describe as scribble marks in grey above the dots.Very pretty but not in any of my books.

Any help please, Sara

I saw a moth I'd never seen before. I entered moth+pink+green on Google. Your site was first up, and I found it on your top 20 straight away - an Elephant Hawk Moth. You have really excellent photos which made identification so easy. Thanks!

me and my friends found a realy big moth that had a daraffe patterned wings and a red front with legs i was just wondering if it was rare

Superb site, it has helped me identify several moths in different plumages that most of the guide books do not show!

Thank you for helping me identify a moth I found on the lavender in my garden a couple of days ago. I had never seen a black moth with red spots before but it seems to be a six spot burnet. I live in rural Aberdeenshire.

hello, not sure if common or not but a very large grass edgar guested in my living room last night, have seen in west country before but not in potters bar, herts!

I found a large moth with a bright pink body in my garden this morning. On finding your website it took me about 3 minutes to identify it as an Elephant Hawk Moth - what a beautiful creature. And what a useful website!

You have helped me identify an Elephant Hawk Moth found flying in the garden last evening. Thank you for this guide.

I have just started obseving moths, and I did not realise how many different types there were.I catch them carefully and photograph them if they stop fluttering long enough, and then let them go before identifying them . The biggest so far is a Poplar Hawk Moth.

I have sung the praises of this web site many times over the years. I particularly like to read the guestbook as by doing so you can get a good idea of what is about in the U.K. in good numbers. This year for instance has clearly been a good year for Swallow-tailed Moths. A few years ago everyone but me was seeing Hummingbird Hawkmoths. In particular I remember an entry about a child running inside to tell their parents that they had just seen a 'Fairy bird' around their hanging baskets! This morning my eldest married daughter who lives in Church Fenton near Tadcaster Yorkshire phoned to say that she had just seen a Hummingbird Hawkmoth feeding on Red Valerian in her back garden. Now if my arithmetic has not failed me that is their eighth record while in our garden we have only ever seen two. We live in the Waveney Valley between Beccles and Bungay just fifteen miles from the coast. I find it strange that they do so well for the species while they are further North and much closer to the centre of the Country. We have renowned butterfly and moth plants. Has anyone got any possible reasons for this?

My sister recently found a slender brindle moth in a house in Dunblane, Central Scotland. Does anyone know if this species has been recorded in Central Scotland and, if so, when it moved here? According to her field guide, it is found no further north than Dumfries and Galloway.

thanks. after walking the dog in sheffield and seeing a very odd looking species your site enabled me to identify it as a five spotted burnet. happy now as it looked very strange

Whilst walking my dog in a nearby field recently I saw a beautiful bright pink moth in flight. When it landed the centre of its wings were a bright torqouise edged by the same bright pink - a delicate and beautiful pattern. Each wing was about the size of a 5p piece. It was only there for a few days and since then have been trying to identify it. I have looked on your website but can see nothing similar. Can you help me please?

I have only recently moved from a town environment and have become more aware of all the natural wonders that surround me!!

Out in my land rover the other night i found a moth under my seat thanks to it's reddy orange body.My friend and I marveled at it's spots and bright colours as we had never seen one like this before.Thanks to this site i was able to identify it as a Garden tiger.
This is a lovely creature indeed! and a great site
it's got me interested a bit more!

Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet Zygaena lonicerae seen this one in edinburgh

splendid, what a useful resource...

I found a giant redish moth. i thort it was a bat at first but it was a moth!!

Hi. I saw a plain brown hawk moth being attacked by a small wasp today near Leeds, on the edge of a playing field. The moth had no stripes or other features, being just a plain brown colour, although with a yellowish tawny tinge at the bottom of its lower wings. It looked a bit battered. I had to bat the wasp away, and then eventually removed the moth to a different part of the field. The moth was bigger than an Elephant hawk moth. What was it? Do wasps regularly attack big moths?