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Arnie - 19 July 2006
Hi Debbie
I might not have described the moth all that well,but now I know that it was a Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria).Many thanks.
I might not have described the moth all that well,but now I know that it was a Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria).Many thanks.
Debbie Gray - 19 July 2006
Hello,
This is a message for Arnie - Stalybridge, Cheshire.
In answer to your message dated July 11th 2006 3:36pm.
Sounds like a Canary-shouldered Thorn, (Ennomos alniaria)
Debbie
S. Wales
This is a message for Arnie - Stalybridge, Cheshire.
In answer to your message dated July 11th 2006 3:36pm.
Sounds like a Canary-shouldered Thorn, (Ennomos alniaria)
Debbie
S. Wales
Martin J Clarke - 17 July 2006
Wonderful! just what I was looking for. A well designed site, please add a 'thumbnail' list of moths as well.
Gord Avery (Gloucester) - 17 July 2006
Hi Ian
An exceptional site and I always find it instructive and helpful. May you go on from strength to strength.
Best wishes
Gordon
An exceptional site and I always find it instructive and helpful. May you go on from strength to strength.
Best wishes
Gordon
Antoine Read - 16 July 2006
Very very good I will be looking at UKMOTH more
di jones - 16 July 2006
I have just been able to identify the larvae of the puss moth that was feeding on my poplar tree, it was so beautifull aand colourful, I have never seen one before, thanks to your wonderful photos I have put a name to the face as it were!
thanks.
di
thanks.
di
bill higgins - 15 July 2006
Excellent site. I have used it extensively to ID various moths in my local area and beyond.
Nigel Miller - 12 July 2006
As I get older, my eyesight leaves me with difficulty identifying everything caught in my Robinson. I find that hand-drawn pictures that emphasize the important points on the wings very useful indeed. However, having been introduced to your excellent pictures my enthusiasm has returned: nothing like the real thing!
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
jess - 11 July 2006
i have a frequent visitor to my garden and have spent ages looking through different sites to try and find out what it is .i found your site by accident but after five minutes i have just discovered my visitor is an elephant hawk moth he is beautiful .thank you for your help.
Arnie - 11 July 2006
This is driving me mad!.A couple of days ago a butterfly/moth landed on the TV in my kitchen and stayed there for a day and a half.It had a wingspan of 5-6cm and was a very pale yellow in colour.It had thin pale brown lines on the wings which had a slight 'tail' with darkened edges at the bottom.I've looked all over your site hoping to identify it but have had no luck,can anyone help?
Cheers,
Arnie (Stalybridge,Cheshire)
Cheers,
Arnie (Stalybridge,Cheshire)
Neale Harding - 10 July 2006
I promised to identify 2 strange looking moths for the kids, and sat down with a cup of tea and an hour set aside.
I came across this site in 2 minutes, and found my moths not a minute later in the most popular list.
Amazing.
Nice one.
I came across this site in 2 minutes, and found my moths not a minute later in the most popular list.
Amazing.
Nice one.
Nancy - 10 July 2006
thanks for your site you helped us identify a white plume moth that was in my living room.
barry johnson - 9 July 2006
Very interesting, have sent photograph for ID.
Sarah Powell - 8 July 2006
I am delighted to have found this fantastic site, which has enabled me to identify far more moths than any reference book. It's particularly helpful that you show the moths in their natural positions. Thank you very, very much for the enormous amount of work you have put in. I will be visiting often!
Mark Holland - 8 July 2006
I found the level of detail and quality of the pictures just right for me. Me and my 5 year old have been trying to identify our bathroom light collection from the Collins Gem, but we have missed couple. Found one on the site, but we need to look more.
All good fun and thanks for a really good site.
All good fun and thanks for a really good site.
keith Hellyer - 7 July 2006
Fantastic site. Answered many of my moth questions. Thank you.
Gordon R. Hopkins (Dorset Moth Group) - 7 July 2006
I use this website every day and find it a wonderful aid to identification (particularly of micros). Thanks to Ian my skills are improving all the time, and the number of species represented makes it the best identication aid we have available on line.
Keep up the good work.
Keep up the good work.
julia & Jake - 6 July 2006
Wow - didn't know such a site existed!
We had a lot of fun using this for research on a school project on, guess what?.....moths! We've both learnt a lot, and I didn't realise how much I knew already (that's 30 odd years of David Attenborough for you).
The site is useful, interesting and so thorough - I tell you, what I don't know about moths now, just ain't worth knowing. Thank you moth lovers everywhere. We hope you will always fly close to the light but don't get burnt bottoms. Cheers!
We had a lot of fun using this for research on a school project on, guess what?.....moths! We've both learnt a lot, and I didn't realise how much I knew already (that's 30 odd years of David Attenborough for you).
The site is useful, interesting and so thorough - I tell you, what I don't know about moths now, just ain't worth knowing. Thank you moth lovers everywhere. We hope you will always fly close to the light but don't get burnt bottoms. Cheers!
Heather - 6 July 2006
hey i like ur website but my grandad and mum were wondering what the moth was they saw the other day. it had a black and pink body and was about 4 inches long. it had swept back wings. we would like it if u could get back 2 me if u know what it is. thanks xxx
Nicky Cox - 6 July 2006
What a great website. From a new photo was able to identify the moth seen in my garden in Overton on Dee, Clwyd, Wales as the hummingbird hawkmoth and she was laying eggs on the couch grass! There's something to be said for have a \"wild\" part in your garden!!! Will be interesting to see if they survive!
Neil William Richardson - 6 July 2006
Great site
Steph - 5 July 2006
Hi me and my friend were in my kitchen one summer day and we found a huge red moth type creature. We managed to trap it into a glass but we dont have a clue wat it is. can anyone help us????
steph and cheyenne
steph and cheyenne
Mike Gibson - 5 July 2006
If anyone can help me find out what this was - please email me
Mike
Mike
Mike Gibson - 5 July 2006
Hi,
I had to write in as I saw a moth like creature last night that I have never seen before and still don't know what it was - first our cat started meowing then in comes the cat with this huge creature in it's mouth.
It was about 4\" wide - it was huge - whats the biggest moth we have in the UK? - and are they dangerous at all?
Looked on your site but can't find it on their.
Kind Regards,
Mike
I had to write in as I saw a moth like creature last night that I have never seen before and still don't know what it was - first our cat started meowing then in comes the cat with this huge creature in it's mouth.
It was about 4\" wide - it was huge - whats the biggest moth we have in the UK? - and are they dangerous at all?
Looked on your site but can't find it on their.
Kind Regards,
Mike
david dabaye - 5 July 2006
first sighting (personally) of hummingbird hawk moth near ross-on-wye herefordshire
Kay - 5 July 2006
What a great site, my cat has been bringing in 2 or 3 live moths each night for the last couple of weeks and was intrigued to find out the name of them, thanks to your site I now know that they are elephant hawk-moths. They make a lot of noise flying around the bedroom, but eventually lie dormant long enough for me to collect them and put out of the window!
Claire - 5 July 2006
I don't know if they are very common or not but i have had 3 privet hawk moths in my kitchen in 2 days having never seen them before they gave me quite a fright when they flew straight at me. unfortunatly i didn't get any photos, they are quite stunning!!!!
Mark Starnes - 4 July 2006
Vulcan Bommer ?? Excelent website - previously unseen visitor now identified as an Elephant Hawk-moth. Have photos if any on is interested in this heavy-weight flyer. Location: Emsworth, Hampshire.
Bill Richardson - 4 July 2006
Very informative site - I visited this site after observing what looked like a large moth in my garden near Newcastle Upon Tyne. I have never seen one like this in my 60 years of gardening in this part of the the country.
It was feeding at dusk by hovering at the flower and using a probosis into the flower to collect nectar, it actually looked like a humming bird. I have seen moths / insects such as this in Spain.It would be interesting to know what this insect is.
It was feeding at dusk by hovering at the flower and using a probosis into the flower to collect nectar, it actually looked like a humming bird. I have seen moths / insects such as this in Spain.It would be interesting to know what this insect is.
Laurence - 4 July 2006
I found a 1922 Swallow-tailed Moth Ourapteryx sambucaria in my bathroom today in Exeter, Devon very beautiful