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Jorgelina Forrest - 31 July 2007
I found and photographed a beautiful moth and thanks to your website identified it as a Jersey Tiger moth. We live in Taunton in Somerset so it isn't too far from Devon where the site says it can be found. It was feeding on a flowering Marjoran plant the next day I found it on the leaves of a Ginko tree. Great site, very helpful. Thanks
carol elliott - 30 July 2007
Found a fabulous moth on ground at15.00 hrs. Looked in my books - nothing and then thought about trying the net. Wow loved the site and the moth is a leopard moth, very beautiful. I hope he/she makes it as it looks a bit damaged-wing but eating like mad from buddleia flowers and I have put it somewhere safe. Will def. use site again Thanks! (northamptonshire)
Heather - 28 July 2007
Hi Guys and possibly girls!
I've just run in to the biggest moth I've ever seen! Not being a moth person and having a phobia regards butterflies, I left him well alone, once I had recovered from the shock.
Can anyone tell me what he was? We measured him at 4 inches in body length. His body was as thick as my middle finger apart from his petite waist. I didn't see his wings open so have no idea what they look like. However, he was hairless and felt slightly rubbery. From what I could see he was grey all over. I encountered him in the fir trees at the back of my garden wher he remains. Any ideas what he was?
Regards
Heather
I've just run in to the biggest moth I've ever seen! Not being a moth person and having a phobia regards butterflies, I left him well alone, once I had recovered from the shock.
Can anyone tell me what he was? We measured him at 4 inches in body length. His body was as thick as my middle finger apart from his petite waist. I didn't see his wings open so have no idea what they look like. However, he was hairless and felt slightly rubbery. From what I could see he was grey all over. I encountered him in the fir trees at the back of my garden wher he remains. Any ideas what he was?
Regards
Heather
lou oppenheim (radford) - 27 July 2007
HELP!I've identified a Garden Tiger thanks to this website - it has laid eggs on my windowsill - can any moth-expert tell me if there's anything I could do to allow the next stage to develop? The adult is still around and quite lively....I know absolutely NOTHING about moths, but would love to know from someone what to expect next...how long will the female live etc? should I put the eggs onto greenery or not disturb them?
Alison Smith - 27 July 2007
Very good website...Seems to be a lot more moths about at the moment...Have Id 2 of them but still looking for 1.....It looks like a thick garden twig, and has very good camoflage...Can anyone name it please...
Simon Foster - 26 July 2007
A very useful website with great photos and useful tips for us beginners!
Thanks
Simon
Thanks
Simon
neil brown - 25 July 2007
just came across this web site through bird forum, am a bird ringer based in kintyre scotland and am always coming across interesting moths and look forward to using this site for indentification
Michael Bee - 24 July 2007
Brilliant website, I was able to identify an equally brilliant moth, the Elephant Hawk-moth, in under 2 minutes.
Nature can be so exquisite, and by all accounts this is a common (spectacular more like), species - it?s the first time I?ve seen it here in Teignmouth, Devon. Alas though it was on it?s last legs or is it wings, it appeared to have been battered by our atrocious recent weather. A serious problem for a lot of our wild life, I think.
Anyway keep up the good work, in much appreciation, Michael.
Nature can be so exquisite, and by all accounts this is a common (spectacular more like), species - it?s the first time I?ve seen it here in Teignmouth, Devon. Alas though it was on it?s last legs or is it wings, it appeared to have been battered by our atrocious recent weather. A serious problem for a lot of our wild life, I think.
Anyway keep up the good work, in much appreciation, Michael.
JAN BURGESS - 23 July 2007
Hi
Great site I found a dead moth in my garden I had not seen before I found it quickly using your site thank you.
The moth I found is a leopard moth quite beautiful I would like to have seen it alive.
Thanks again will come back.
Jan
Great site I found a dead moth in my garden I had not seen before I found it quickly using your site thank you.
The moth I found is a leopard moth quite beautiful I would like to have seen it alive.
Thanks again will come back.
Jan
Jack Hewitt - 23 July 2007
While walking my dog in my local park called Cuerden Valley Park, I came across a moth that had blue wings with 5 red spots on it. What was it?
UKmoths is a very good sight and I would recommend it to any moth enthusiasts.
UKmoths is a very good sight and I would recommend it to any moth enthusiasts.
Anon - 22 July 2007
I think i have a phobia of moths..what should i do?
Colin Hooton - 22 July 2007
Thank you for your invaluable site. You are enabling me to identify beautiful moths by name for my grandsons.
Today, 22nd July 2007, a Jersey Tiger (2067) was identified on our camellia bush at Saltash in Cornwall.
Yours sincerely
Colin Hooton.
Today, 22nd July 2007, a Jersey Tiger (2067) was identified on our camellia bush at Saltash in Cornwall.
Yours sincerely
Colin Hooton.
Lesley Nicholson - 22 July 2007
Hi
Looked at Beginners moths but I can't find the one I am looking for. I have not got a picture of the three moths found but I wondered if there is a national register of moths I can look through?
Looked at Beginners moths but I can't find the one I am looking for. I have not got a picture of the three moths found but I wondered if there is a national register of moths I can look through?
David Stroud - 21 July 2007
Could you please identify a moth for me. I first thought that there was a humming bird flying around my fushias when I looked closely it looked exactly like one but was about a third the size. It was taking the nector from the flowers and fying just like a humming bird does with a very fast wing beat.
Regards
DS
Regards
DS
ian - 21 July 2007
hi there we found a lovely moth sitting on our window sill never seen one before pink and green looked into your site and found out it was a elephant hawk it was lovely thank you
Jerry - 19 July 2007
Excellent site! I came across a large moth that was very distinctive but one that I had not seen before and was very surprised how quickly I was able to identify it from your site. What particularly drew it to my attention was the sudden flurry of activity which turned out to be an Elephant Hawk Moth in very close combat with a bee. They did eventually separate but I don't know if they survived. It was in an area of the garden where there is honeysuckle, passion flower, clematis and buddleia.
Heike Wilson - 19 July 2007
Hi there...
A few days ago we found a big moth sitting in our back garden on the fence...we tried to find it on your website and found the poplar Hawk Moth....but.....ours wasnt brown...it was grey and its body is much bigger and also grey...
tried to send you a picture ,but for some reason i cant even find an email to send it to...so I used the guest book
hope to here from you soon
regards H.Wilson
A few days ago we found a big moth sitting in our back garden on the fence...we tried to find it on your website and found the poplar Hawk Moth....but.....ours wasnt brown...it was grey and its body is much bigger and also grey...
tried to send you a picture ,but for some reason i cant even find an email to send it to...so I used the guest book
hope to here from you soon
regards H.Wilson
Paula Hills - 19 July 2007
I don't know if this is the right place to ask a question, but tonight at midnight, we saw what looked like a Poplar Hawk Moth, but it was a pale grey, and at leat 9cm across. It was the same shape, but it was light enough (In a petrol station forecourt!) to see its colour, and it was definitely grey. Could it have been a juvenile, or does it come in different colours? It also was not disturbed when we took several photos of it. We can email them to you if this doesn't sound like a typical Hawk Moth. Please advise! Thanks, Paula
PS. We live in Hertfordshire, and todays date is 19th July 2007
PS. We live in Hertfordshire, and todays date is 19th July 2007
ian ellis - 18 July 2007
i found your site very interesting,i might even consider taking part in the annual moth count.many thanks
gareth williams - 18 July 2007
I was at work today and i saw a moth that i had never seen before. I looked on your web site, within minutes i had found out that it was a leopard moth.On the photograph it said that it was found in southern england and south wales. I live in south derbyshire, is it unsual to find leopard moths this far north? I have taken some photographs to prove of my sighting.
Chantelle Kelly - 18 July 2007
Yesterday i saw an adult popular hawk-moth. i thought it was absolutely amazing, and my partner was just as amazed. i have started to have a growing interest in these moths, and plan on trying to spot more. x
Rose White - 17 July 2007
Excellent moth search facility, found what I was looking for in minutes.
Steve G - 17 July 2007
Just identified the large Popular Hawk that's been scaring away the passengers from my railway station ticket-office window. He doesn't seem to be all that popular, but I like him! Steve, Birmingham.
George - 17 July 2007
Great site! Lots of info, clear photos. good work
jp burnley - 17 July 2007
found a hawk moth in our bathroom so we put it outside a week ago,it has now come back into the bathroom-is this unusual?
Barrie Jones - 17 July 2007
The best moth site for the U.K. that I know of,absolutely brilliant.
Mary Frances Smart - 17 July 2007
Thought I had seen something incredibly unusual when gardening yesterday and thanks to your website discovered it was just one of the top 20.....a poplar hawk moth. Great websit and I look forward to learning more about moths. Wonderful colours, shapes and patterns! Ain't nature wonderful
mike lawrence - 16 July 2007
I am in my third year recording macro moths in my garden. Armed with Goater and your website I am encouraged to start on the more obvious and regular micros - many thanks
Mick Winter - 15 July 2007
Thank you for brilliant web page which is interesting and very informative.
Megan C. Dimitrov - 15 July 2007
Just started mothing this year with a trap in my garden. Completely hooked. UK moths site invaluable for sorting out the micros. Amazing photos.