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Brenda Scott - 5 June 2005
Having spotted an unusual moth in my garden yesterday (took photos!) I searched the web for a site which would help me identify it. Yours was brilliant. In the beginners section I quickly identified my moth as No 4, angle shades. Is it unusual to find this moth in the Highlands of Scotland? I have never seen anything like it before. I hasten to add I live in the city!
I'd like to know more about it if anyone could oblige!
I'd like to know more about it if anyone could oblige!
Sharon Heffernan - 1 June 2005
Great site, we found a dead moth and wanted to find out which species it was. We typed 'eye' in the moth search screen and it came back with several, including ours - Eyed Hawk-Moth. Very quick, easy and to find and use for 'lay-person'.
Tony Wincott - 31 May 2005
Hi
Enjoyed trawling through your pages
Unfortunately could not find a moth which matched the rascal that landed in my garage a few days ago
Looke a little like a large beetle but think this was just the wing cases
as it had moth like antennae
It was about 30mm body length 15mm across
tan coloured wingcases and fawn coloured body
Any ideas ??
Regards
Tony Wincott
Northamptonshire
Enjoyed trawling through your pages
Unfortunately could not find a moth which matched the rascal that landed in my garage a few days ago
Looke a little like a large beetle but think this was just the wing cases
as it had moth like antennae
It was about 30mm body length 15mm across
tan coloured wingcases and fawn coloured body
Any ideas ??
Regards
Tony Wincott
Northamptonshire
carol gregory - 28 May 2005
i saw a lime hawk moth today 28-05-05 never seen one before came onto this page and found it straight away.
Gordon Jarvis - 25 May 2005
Thanks for a very helpful website.
Phoebe Mason - 25 May 2005
Thankyou for helping me to find out what the Lime Hawk Moth in my garden is.
Wicked site.
Phoebe
Derby
Wicked site.
Phoebe
Derby
Jeff Goodridge - 20 May 2005
Only recently started getting into moths (birds are my main hobby). Built my own moth trap and last year was fairly successful. Would it be possible to email you or someone to help identify some of the moths photographed from my garden?
david drage - 14 May 2005
saw the address in \"gardeners world magazine\", just had a quick look.
looks like it could be useful.
i know you cannot win, but caterpilars as well could have been useful
looks like it could be useful.
i know you cannot win, but caterpilars as well could have been useful
David Hinds - 11 May 2005
Thanks for helping my ID of a lime hawk.
Gary Taylor - 10 May 2005
Exellent site and Ian was very helpful with an idendification enquiry
miss t evans - 8 May 2005
thank you, thank you, thank you,my son is very interested in nature and it was great to find an easy to use site with a page for more common species which we have found what we now know as a lime hawk moth which had taken up residence in my hall way.Will definitly be using and recomending your site again and again. THANKS.Miss t evans
shrewsbury.
shropshire.
shrewsbury.
shropshire.
James Rankin - 3 May 2005
Checked your site to identify moth that flew into kitchen the other night. Delighted to see it is a Great Peacock (the huge span and 4 wing eyes appear to support this)
Peter Brash - 27 April 2005
Can't say I like the new look site, the old one was much better. Still a fantastic resource though.
Dave Middlebrook - 15 April 2005
Trying to find details of a moth(butterfly) that landed on me the other day. It was large approx 2inch + It had two distinctive \"eyes\" on the rear wings that where brightly coloured. The front wings where brightly coloured also.
Are those \"eyes\" designed to deter predators?
Sorry I cannot give you much more info just that it was large and those eyes on the rear wings. If I see a picture again I'll know.
Can you help?
Are those \"eyes\" designed to deter predators?
Sorry I cannot give you much more info just that it was large and those eyes on the rear wings. If I see a picture again I'll know.
Can you help?
Janice Green - 12 April 2005
I am well impressed by the new look and have found this site most useful for moth identification over the past couple of years, thanks for all your hard work.
Caroline Smithson - 4 April 2005
Brilliant. have used site twice and got to know my moth both times. Also love printable pictures. many thanks for a fantastic site.
Anne-Marie Smout - 2 April 2005
I think your site is most useful. I may also be able to supply some photos, but need to check first to see if there are any which might be useful to the site
Sandriel Tao - 29 March 2005
Intersting, how many butterflys in a very rare occasion tousands of them would fly from the south to San Francesico because of the raining season that we had this year.
Martin Elcoate - 21 March 2005
A very useful tool for confirming identification.
Nicola Edmonds - 21 March 2005
Don't know if i've signed this before or not, but this site is great, and has been very useful for my dissertation on moths - thanks to Ian Kimber and all the other suppliers of photographs on this site that have let me use their pictures!
Jim Reid - 17 March 2005
Some really outstanding photos, even of the more tricky species. A few pug species in better marked forms than I've ever seen them but that just adds to the interest. It might be an idea to specifically encourage submission of sub-species, where these are distinctive e.g. netted pug. Also encourage inclusion of statement on protected species in the text, e.g barberry carpet, fiery clearwing etc.
This can continue to develop a long way and with photos of this quality it certainly should seek to do so. With inclusion of larval photographs, leaf mines etc, it would only take an upgrade of text to make most books redundant but perhaps it is policy to try not to do that.
This can continue to develop a long way and with photos of this quality it certainly should seek to do so. With inclusion of larval photographs, leaf mines etc, it would only take an upgrade of text to make most books redundant but perhaps it is policy to try not to do that.
michelle stuart - 17 March 2005
Great site I wish we had a site like yours with North American moths....
Pete - 8 March 2005
Great site. Very useful (www.buddhabrilliant.com)
Guy Belcher - 28 February 2005
An invaluable tool to checking fieldguide identifications.
Mohammad AL-ALLAN - 25 February 2005
woud you prodid the pages with adetil picturs
spicial if there a semilar morphology in general.
Best regards
Mohammad
spicial if there a semilar morphology in general.
Best regards
Mohammad
Trevor Wilson - 23 February 2005
Great.Very enjoyable and useful for identification.
Peter Churchill - 22 February 2005
The last word in identification for those like myself who cannot afford every expensive reference book .thank you
Martin Bailey at Wildlife & Countryside Services - 21 February 2005
Great site, very useful, I have linked to it from mine.
Martin,
Wildlife & Countryside Services
http://www.wildlifeservices.co.uk
Martin,
Wildlife & Countryside Services
http://www.wildlifeservices.co.uk
Terry Whitaker - 3 February 2005
I use this site as my 'educative' home page
Well done and thanks to all contributors. When my moth photography improves I will offer photographs.
Terry
Well done and thanks to all contributors. When my moth photography improves I will offer photographs.
Terry
robert Hill - 29 January 2005
I am very interested in moths and I live within the Portsmouth area, if there are any clubs or groups nearby I would like to know