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Nigel Finn - 8 August 2008
Just spotted this morning a Jersey Tiger at Bridport, Dorset. Positively identified thanks to your superb keyword search facility and images. Excellent site. Well done.
Arthur - 7 August 2008
Have a nice photo of Jersey Tiger- taken in my back garden this week. We live in Dulwich - part of the London Colony.
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Andrew Cooper - 6 August 2008
I love taking photographs of all wildlife and find moths a particular challenge. Your pages are invaluable for identifying some of the moths I take shots of here on the North York Moors.

Thanks for a great site.
Andrea M Ross - 6 August 2008
I'm so excited to have stumbled on this site, I'm a keen insect and other small creature photographer, but a beginner at moths.
sally - 6 August 2008
Your site has helped me confirm the identification of a scarlet tiger adult and a sycamore moth caterpillar- very helpful!
Claire Ashby - 5 August 2008
In the process of collecting data for my dissertation ( looking at diversity and abundance of woodland moths) and would like to say this site is fab! It is a massive help in identifying moths caught, as I am a complete beginner but really enjoying studying moths. THANKYOU!
Lucy Hughes - 2 August 2008
Hurrah...! Found him! He's a Lime Hawk-moth (Mimas tiliae).... ready to pupate so we'll keep him safe (now we know what he eats too...!)
Lucy Hughes - 2 August 2008
Found a large caterpillar - bright blue horn (on the rear segment with some yellow markings) and it's smooth, pinky-brown (more pink) on the underside, going more brown to the top, with faint white diagnoal lines and has 14 legs..... Believe it to be some sort of HawkMoth caterpillar but... can't find a match..! (Worcester area.) Any updates...????
dave steer - 2 August 2008
very good site for moth id red under wing in garden this morning 02/08/08
Sarah Hill - 29 July 2008
Used the site for ID purposes.
Leopard moth Zeuzera pyrina. No mistaking it!
According to the site somewhat out of it's native range (of S England to N Wales)in North Yorkshire, at 53?46'N, 0?59'W. 29/07/2008 12.05pm. Resting on a windowsill, pub carpark, next to churchyard, rural village.
I'm a mature student in final year of BSc (Hons) Wildlife & Countryside Conservation
sue pope - 28 July 2008
last night my cat found avery large moth . your site tells me its a privet moth found in southern britain. i live in bristol south west.
alison - 28 July 2008
Found this site to be extremely helpful and now the children know that they have tigers in their back garden.

Many thanks
Ann Emmerson - 27 July 2008
Was quickly able to identify an elephant hawk and a leopard moth using your site..so many more to see, a great way to encourage us to open our eyes to what is all around us if we stop and look a little closer, Thank You
john kirkham - 27 July 2008
I'd just like to say what a fantasic site.
David Lingard - 26 July 2008
Excellent site - thank you. I know (most of) my birds but moths are a mystery. Thanks to your Beginners' Top 10 we found our Poplar Hawk Moth at the top of the list. Bookmarked for future use - thanks again.
Lincolnshire Garden - 26 July 2008
Just wanted to thanks you for helping us identify two Leopard Moths which have appeared in our garden!
We had no clue what they were - until we checked on here.
So thanks for solving that mystery.
John - 25 July 2008
I found a moth the other day I had never seen before it was white and very
fluffy whith black dots on its head does any one know what it might be ?
Tracy Irwin - 24 July 2008
An excellent website, I am interested in all forms of wildlife and find moths particularly fascinating, it has been very handy in helping to identify some of the visitors to my garden. This website has definately been added to my \"favourites\".
Derek & Jean Davy - 24 July 2008
A very useful and interesting site.
JENNIFER LOVEGROVE - 23 July 2008
the site gets better and better and is easy to use - I am based in the western Dordogne are there any other 'mothers' near me??
Liza Ward - 20 July 2008
We had to rescue a beautiful moth from our cats last night and I was curious to discover what it was, your site meant that I could, it was a Garden Tiger!
Lisa Bristow - 19 July 2008
I had found what i now know to be an elephant hawk moth, thanks to this site. I then looked further around the site and never knew exactly how beautiful these moths are. I now am hooked and am regularly taking photos although not always great ones!!!
This is an excellent site for novices like me!! Definitely draws you in and makes you realise how precious and beautiful they are.
mike lawrence - 19 July 2008
Just identified Pammene aurita on the site. Thanks
Malcolm Parker - 17 July 2008
Wonderful site, with so many moths to choose from, its very difficult for the novice to identify a new and unusual visitor and your search facility bought us to a clear identification of a Leopard moth very quickly. A fantastic resource - many thanks
Penelope Jordan - 16 July 2008
Sorry! I mis-identified the moth. It was only when I could compare my photo with yours that I got it right. Not as exciting as a Spurge Hawk-moth, what we have in our Surrey Garden is an elephant moth. Still pleased as anything, though...
Penelope Jordan - 16 July 2008
I found a Spurge Hawk-moth ? which is a dramatic and beautiful creature - and was thrilled to be able to identify it using your website. It was all the more exciting to realise that it is rare.

I tried taking photos (the moth was not in the least frisky - indeed, stayed put for the day) but the didn't turn out very well.

What a great resource!
Terry - 15 July 2008
Hello, can anyone help me identify a beautiful moth i came across in northern Scotland??

It is about 15mm long with a lovley purple/blue ultra violet upper wing colour. Its under wing is brown with distinctive small black spots and also orange flashes towards its lower wing edges. Its so unusual and very pretty. it also has a hairy light coloured body.

Thanks Terry
Paul - 15 July 2008
1513 White Plume Moth Pterophorus pentadactyla

Saw this in Brinscall, Chorley while cutting my hedge, so distinctive flew around my head and back into the hedge where I couldn't see it.

Great site, keep up the good work
peter baker - 14 July 2008
A totally 1st site. Came across an unknown moth in our garden (right in the middle of the industrial midlands) one quick search and bob's your uncle we have a Leopard Moth (a little out of it's patch according to the write up but totally fantastic).
Claire Welton - 14 July 2008
Great website, I'm from Canvey Island in Essex, and back in May I found an unusual moth camouflaged on a pile of wood in my back garden.
I took some photos and using your website I have identified it as a 'Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa'.
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