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Tracy - 4 July 2006
Brilliant site! Fascinated by the diversity and astounding beauty and/or evolutionary processes of moths. I came across a Buff Tip for the first time ever a few days ago - I truly believed I had found a piece of twig in my bathroom to begin with - evolution did that - amazing!
Andrew Stanley - 3 July 2006
well i would like to thank you as your site was very helpful in finding the infomation that i need . for a man who has a full time job and does this in your spare time i take my hat off to you, the moth i was looking for was a lime hawk-moth i seen it for the first time at a petrol staion and wanted to know what it was called with a few clicks of the mouse you site brought to me the infomation that i need and more .
THANK YOU .
THANK YOU .
Geoff and Liz White - 3 July 2006
Excellent web site. We are regular trappers and record species at each session. We are in Lincolnshire near The Wash.
Jackie - 3 July 2006
So thrilled I have found your site, we have just moved home and we now have a couple of acres of mixed woodland (bluebell wood as well!!) There are so many moths, plus insects and I am so fascinated and cannot wait to discover more and more about them.
Renee - 3 July 2006
Due to the heat we left our windows open last night and woke to find our house full of insects! In our kitchen we have a poplar hawk moth, a swallow tailed moth, a barred hook tip (I think), a white wave and a green moth I cant identify. I think we may leave the the windows open again tonight and start charging admission fees tomorrow!
(Dr) Tony Jones - 3 July 2006
I am a retired medical practitioner, a Radiologist. I retired 1 year ago and recently I returned from a 4 month \"World Wander\" during which I had hoped to experience moths/butterflies/beetles/other insects - but with little success.
25 years ago, I lived in Brunei for 5 years and I thought, on my recent visit,I could find what I was looking for but not so!
However, on return to my Urban home,in Cardiff, I have realised that there are many SMALL but most wonderfully \"camouflaged\" moths flying in my area.I will look to photography !!!
25 years ago, I lived in Brunei for 5 years and I thought, on my recent visit,I could find what I was looking for but not so!
However, on return to my Urban home,in Cardiff, I have realised that there are many SMALL but most wonderfully \"camouflaged\" moths flying in my area.I will look to photography !!!
(Dr) Tony Jones - 3 July 2006
I am a retired medical practitioner, a Radiologist. I retired 1 year ago and recently I returned from a 4 month \"World Wander\" during which I had hoped to experience moths/butterflies/beetles/other insects - but with little success.
25 years ago, I lived in Brunei for 5 years and I thought, on my recent visit,I could find what I was looking for but not so!
However, on return to my Urban home,in Cardiff, I have realised that there are many SMALL but most wonderfully \"camouflaged\" moths flying in my area.I will look to photography !!!
25 years ago, I lived in Brunei for 5 years and I thought, on my recent visit,I could find what I was looking for but not so!
However, on return to my Urban home,in Cardiff, I have realised that there are many SMALL but most wonderfully \"camouflaged\" moths flying in my area.I will look to photography !!!
Renee - 3 July 2006
Due to the heat we left our windows open last night and woke to find our house full of insects! In our kitchen we have a poplar hawk moth, a swallow tailed moth, a barred hook tip (I think), a white wave and a green moth I cant identify. I think we may leave the the windows open again tonight and start charging admission fees tomorrow!
jan england - 2 July 2006
An excellent website that enabled me to identify my mystery micro moth.It was a beautiful little moth with a very long name! Lozotaenoides formosanus. Many thanks Ian for creating UK moths.
Brenda Day - 2 July 2006
Great site, thank you. I just identified a Hummingbird Hawkmoth via a previous entry in the guestbook. It was on a lavender bush in my garden in Bermondsey, South East London.
James Byron - 2 July 2006
My wife and I were taken aback by a huge, yet beautiful creature in the house last night. We gently set it free outside the house but were desperate to find out what it was (and whether it had a pilot's license from the size of it!). Your Website has just provided the answer... It was an Elephant Hawk Moth of the most vibrant pink and green! This would have \"bugged\" me for quite a while trying to find out what we had seen, so thank you...
James Byron - 2 July 2006
My wife and I were taken aback by a huge, yet beautiful creature in the house last night. We gently set it free outside the house but were desperate to find out what it was (and whether it had a pilot's license from the size of it!). Your Website has just provided the answer... It was an Elephant Hawk Moth of the most vibrant pink and green! This would have \"bugged\" me for quite a while trying to find out what we had seen, so thank you...
Brenda Day - 2 July 2006
Great site, thank you. I just identified a Hummingbird Hawkmoth via a previous entry in the guestbook. It was on a lavender bush in my garden in Bermondsey, South East London.
jan england - 2 July 2006
An excellent website that enabled me to identify my mystery micro moth.It was a beautiful little moth with a very long name! Lozotaenoides formosanus. Many thanks Ian for creating UK moths.
benjamin aelberry - 1 July 2006
i have found a popular hawk moth on my patio ,in Derby on the evening of July 1st 2oo6.
Jenny - 1 July 2006
Your site is so interesting and helpful! I was trying to identify a moth in my bathroom and discovered from your Top 20 it is Ourapteryx sambucaria. So pretty!
David Western - 1 July 2006
Great site very helpful.
Sonia - 1 July 2006
I live in Lincoln and was amazed to see a hummingbird type creature feeding on my honeysuckle plant a couple of weeks ago, it was so weird and beautiful. I totally forgot about it until today when visiting a friend in London she mentioned that she had seen a large hummingbird type creature near her home in Shepherds Bush. We decided to look it up on the internet and we discovered that we had both seen Hummingbird Hawk moths!
It is unusual for them to be in Lincolnshire?
Does any one know if records are keptabout sightings and if so who do I report it to?
It is unusual for them to be in Lincolnshire?
Does any one know if records are keptabout sightings and if so who do I report it to?
benjamin aelberry - 1 July 2006
i have found a popular hawk moth on my patio ,in Derby on the evening of July 1st 2oo6.
Pauline Affleck - 29 June 2006
Thank you. Today I saw a moth I had never seen before and did'nt know what it was called. Your website is brilliant, I found it straight away in the top 20. So much easier than other sites I looked at. It was a Hummingbird Hawkmoth. Thanks again.
mellowmick - 29 June 2006
Good site. Enabled me to identify a pair of chimneysweep moths I saw on my allotment yesterday. Another moth I can't seem to find was a larger moth, maybe just over 1\" long, with pure white, almost velvet-like wings and a sandy/tan coloured head. The under-wing colour was darker.
Mary Caldwell - 29 June 2006
Was hunting to find what insect had layed it nest on my freinds wall
Many thanks it is the Potter wasp
Many thanks it is the Potter wasp
Julia Singer - 28 June 2006
Since coming across my first Privet Hawk Moth a few days ago having no idea what is was, I have now used this excellent site to identify two more unusual and pretty moths which have just seemed to fly into my path. Perhaps being quite fascinated with all the information on the site has made me more vigilant, I will certainly keep looking for more moths now.
Ann Tiley - 28 June 2006
Thank you for a most intersting site, I live in France and we see many different types of moth here. One of my favourites which is around during the daytime is the Humming Bird Moth. It flits from flower to flower and is more like a humming bird than a moth, hence the name.We have also had the pleasure having the Giant Peacock of the Night, land on our Kitchen door. They are rare and we have only seen one in 10 years.
Kath, Cheshire - 26 June 2006
The site is absolutely brilliant. I have always been fascinated by moths (and spiders!) but have never known much about them; I am trying to learn more. I am very envious of all the sightings of big hawk moths mentioned in the guest book; I have only once discovered a Lime Hawk here and that was a year or two ago. But even the tiny ones are interesting and I was delighted to find a Common Emerald a few nights ago. Hoping to find more Angle Shades at work this year too, they are so beautiful. Keep up the good work!
Jo Abel, Hayle, Cornwall - 26 June 2006
Excellent site, recent sittings helped me identify that the largest moth I've ever seen - made me jump when I realised it wasn't just a twig in amongst the pansies! - was a Privet Hawk Moth. It also confirmed that the larvae that I'd started to watch as it opened (but alas left to do something else) was this one hatching out! Also I never realised how many different and beautiful varieties of moth we have here in UK, I will be keeping a much keener eye open from now on - and my door shut until the bigger ones have flown!
shaun harvey - 26 June 2006
Just began to take an interest in Moths and bought my first ID book and hopefully your site will give me more guidance.
S.Topp - 26 June 2006
Brilliant site. I have now identified the strange hovering moth I saw in my garden for the first time on Saturday plus the strange ?T? shaped moth that sometimes visits. This site is defiantly going in my favourites list for future visits.
Robert Kennell - 24 June 2006
Excellent site ,it solved what i saw in my Manchester garden.I could'nt believe my eyes when i saw this tiny humming bird darting from one flower to another.On thinking logically i looked for moths and this site showed it was the Humming Bird Hawk Moth .Hope i see it again and get a photo.Thanks
Mrs. Susan Smith - 23 June 2006
I found two very huge moths mating on the trellis in my garden this morning. Living in Bedford I thought I would ring our local Butterfly Park to see if I had found a pair of foriegn or rare moths. They told me what they thought they were and to go to your website to check photographs and yes they were British Privet Hawk Moths. Terrific website, found what I wanted in seconds. Thankyou. Keeping kitchen door closed until they have flown