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John Smith - 5 July 2005
Best site to identify moths
Eckard O, Krueger - 5 July 2005
Hello UK,
result of my first visit here: FANTASTIC!
I'm really impressed.
Best regards
Eckard
result of my first visit here: FANTASTIC!
I'm really impressed.
Best regards
Eckard
Sue Jones - 4 July 2005
Used site to identify Swallow-tailed moth on ceiling of sitting room in Crewe area. Wonderful site.
damian williams - 3 July 2005
had two elephant hawk moths in our lounge last night and one tonight. Had never seen them before and found your site very informative. We have honey suckle growing by our window.
thank you.
thank you.
Huw Peregrine - 3 July 2005
Great site. Followed a link from the Cornwall Moth Group's website. I found their site using Google. I was looking for a photo of the Garden Tiger which a group of us saw flying around a garage at a friend's house warming party last night (2.7.2005). It was the first time we had seen one - brilliant colours!
shazza - 2 July 2005
I have just identified the 1984 Hummingbird Hawk-moth seen for the first time today in my garden in Wales.
Your wonderful site gave me very clear pictures and a thumbnail description of its habits.
Well done for all your hard work, and thankyou for helping me in my exciting search.
Your wonderful site gave me very clear pictures and a thumbnail description of its habits.
Well done for all your hard work, and thankyou for helping me in my exciting search.
andy adams - 1 July 2005
confirmed 2 records over the last 2 years of the pigmy footman near Tunbridge Wells,probably migrants, a great site,easy 2 use.
spike milligan - 30 June 2005
super site.
Im a teacher and yesterday 3 pupils brought me a poplar hawk moth.
I was able to quickly identify it for them from your excellent site and show them the pictures.
thanks
Im a teacher and yesterday 3 pupils brought me a poplar hawk moth.
I was able to quickly identify it for them from your excellent site and show them the pictures.
thanks
Mike Newton - 29 June 2005
A real pleasure finding a web site that is clear, informative and user friendly.
John Adams - 28 June 2005
An excellent site for beginners and experienced moth hunters.
Angie - 27 June 2005
Fantastic site. Good for beginners and experts.
askjohn - 27 June 2005
Thanks for the site. Enabled me to identify a Swallow-tailed moth that had found it's way into my flat through an open window. From the info on your site it is a few day's early and the wingspan a bit bigger 68-70mm managed to get a couple of photographs against a black background before releasing it back through the window it came in. Oh! moths are not my usual thing so I hadn't seen one of these before but it was very striking.
n.woodford - 26 June 2005
Thank you for the clear pictures, i have just found a most beautiful elephant hawk moth resting in my garden. I have read your details about them living in the south of england, i live on the isle of wight so i guess thats pretty south. Thank you for such an easy to use site, i have never looked up a moth before and found it very easy.
ARMAND GELKOPF - 26 June 2005
great site! we have a huge problem with moths. we buy such a quantity of Nicols pastilles but every months we find in a cupboard some clothing with a hole. please help!
Martin Peter Clarke - 24 June 2005
Hello. It must have been in April-May I saw a black and transparent diurnal moth, I believe, about 1.5 cm long, with inordinately long antennae, apparently feeding on dogwood nectar in Milton Keynes, in strong sunlight. I'm more of a twitcher and botanist myself but I like to email colleagues with observations. One chap brought in a sublimely beautiful elephant hawk moth last week, alive and well. Any ideas?
Kirsty hughes - 24 June 2005
I am a moth trapper from melton and from looking at your site I get a feeling that coming over to you will be very useful to me thankyou. Great site.
richard mortimer - 24 June 2005
just went onto your site for first time to see if i could identify a moth i have just seen.
i work in london (london bridge near hms belfast) and yesterday saw sitting on a wall a moth.
today i have come in and it's still there so i thought look it up
having looked it would appear to be a lime hawk moth and must say
how impessive it looks too
r.m.
i work in london (london bridge near hms belfast) and yesterday saw sitting on a wall a moth.
today i have come in and it's still there so i thought look it up
having looked it would appear to be a lime hawk moth and must say
how impessive it looks too
r.m.
lucie ruddock - 23 June 2005
brilliant site,I was easily able to identify our 'mystery' visitor as a Swallowtailed moth,Will be visiting again,thankyou.
Julian Cobbett - 21 June 2005
Thank you,
I have now identified the moths I photographed last summer. (Large Emerald & Purple-bordered Gold). The photos on the site are fascinating. I'll let people know where to find this excellent resource, and if I can find a \"Tunbridge Wells Gem\" I'll try to get a photo for you.
I have now identified the moths I photographed last summer. (Large Emerald & Purple-bordered Gold). The photos on the site are fascinating. I'll let people know where to find this excellent resource, and if I can find a \"Tunbridge Wells Gem\" I'll try to get a photo for you.
Simon Gray - 20 June 2005
What a great site. 10/10
Donovan Logan - 20 June 2005
Used site to identify large moth found in garden- referred to as the monster by my kids. Turned out to be a Poplar Hawk Moth , not some alien monster invading the earth!! Shame, the kids would have loved that!!!!
Ellie Jordan - 19 June 2005
hey at work we found a shiny bright dark green and pink moth with huge eyes it was also big cant say a look to closely but i was wondering if anyone knows what it is. it was found in a glass but there has been a few seen. would be great if someone could tell me what it is as i would like to know.
Thanks
Thanks
Nigel Jones - 18 June 2005
Hi,
Just a note of thanks for putting together such a colossal web resource. This is such a useful and really very good web site.
Just a note of thanks for putting together such a colossal web resource. This is such a useful and really very good web site.
jenny - 16 June 2005
Love the site!It has helped me identify a few types of moths that i have recently found at work. One of them being the Privet Hawk moth. I was fasinated by it and took plenty of photo's. I have always been interested in moths and now with my new found discovery of this web site i can learn lots more about them.
Sheila Priest - 13 June 2005
When out walking in the woods with my grand-daughter the other day I saw a cloud of small moths (wasn't even sure if they were moths or butterflies!) with very long antennae flitting about amongst the bracken. Fascinating little things but I had no idea what they were. Your site was excellent, particularly the text search as I put in 'long antennae' and up popped 3 varieties, one of which matched straight away. It was Nemophora degeerella, a longhorn moth.
Thanks for putting me out of my misery!
Thanks for putting me out of my misery!
A J Sacre - 12 June 2005
At last, a really good source for identification.
Jane Sewell - 8 June 2005
Thank you for your excellent site. I found my caterpillar on a caterpillar site through what it was eating and then looked on your site to find the moth. I am looking forward to finding The Mullein later on in the year as crysalis form and then as moths.
Jane Vernon - 6 June 2005
06/06/2005 - Cinnabar moth spotted in Chester
Mike Morrison - 5 June 2005
Just a beginner - we will see how it goes alongside birding!
Peter Martin - 5 June 2005
Brilliant site. It has been a great help identifying some of the micros I have trapped. Sadly, one or two have not yet appeared but I will keep looking.