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Rob Greenland - 5 September 2004
I found a caterpillar on our allotment in Leeds and I'd never seen anything like it. I brought it back home to try to identify it and found your site - i now know it's an elephant hawk moth caterpillar. Your site's really good - thanks.
Colin Wood - 4 September 2004
My dog was stretch out looking at a clump of weeds in the garden,when I looked there were two catipillers munching away,and your site helped me to identify them as Elephant Hawk Catipillers,they are now in a seed propergator with moist earth and a daily supply of this weed.Because they are eating me out of house and home I've got to identify their other food.
roy mCaviney - 3 September 2004
this site is just so good well done?.
Vicky Rawlings - 2 September 2004
Found mystery colourful caterpillars on our silver birch. Thanks to your website we now know that its a grey dagger.
C.Smith - 1 September 2004
2452 Red Underwing Catocala nupta (Linnaeus, 1767)one of these came through our window this evening to light -1/09/04-Thornaby on Tees.
Sammy - 31 August 2004
Hi great site. Just found large caterpillar (95 mm long)its got large false eyes, a spike on its tail and brown in colour.
I live in the scottish borders.
I live in the scottish borders.
Alex Capper - 31 August 2004
hi im 14 yrs of age and i think one of my cat has cached a moth.
the poblem being is that we dont know wat kind of moth it is all i can say is its quit big!!!!!!
also im not sure if its a rare breed what sould i do?
thank you
the poblem being is that we dont know wat kind of moth it is all i can say is its quit big!!!!!!
also im not sure if its a rare breed what sould i do?
thank you
Jane Brearley - 30 August 2004
hi. great site for identifying moths/caterpillars. I recently found an elephant hawk moth caterpillar and a fox moth caterpillar, near bridgend south wales. my 5 year old is into bugs and moths in a big way!
Brian Gower - 30 August 2004
Lovely web-site! Much better than many Reference Books. Helped us identify a superb \"Old Lady\" which popped in to see us the other night (Do they call the males \"Old Gentlemen?)! Took some brill photos but they are from an old -fashioned 35 mm camera and I don't run to a scanner! Also identified a colony of Magpie moths living under the leaves of the Raspberry canes at the bottom of the garden and a plume moth who lives more-or-less full time in the downstairs loo! Amazing variety here in Scouseland!
Peter Haynes - 30 August 2004
Excellent website for info and identification.
Is there anyone who would be interested in receiving a few of my unidentified pictures to help with identification. I have the 'Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland'by Paul Waring and Martin Townsend with superb illustrations by Richard Lewington of mothd on their natural poses plu 'Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles' by Bernard Skinner. Howerver, with the variations in some moths, even these don't supply all the answers! Is there a web forum that can be used to circulate these photos.
I live near Dorking, in Surrey, and am a countryside ranger and experienced photographer (of birds mainly). I borrowed a trap for the 16th to 26th August and have been successful in identifying a good number of species but would like to do better!
Is there anyone who would be interested in receiving a few of my unidentified pictures to help with identification. I have the 'Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland'by Paul Waring and Martin Townsend with superb illustrations by Richard Lewington of mothd on their natural poses plu 'Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles' by Bernard Skinner. Howerver, with the variations in some moths, even these don't supply all the answers! Is there a web forum that can be used to circulate these photos.
I live near Dorking, in Surrey, and am a countryside ranger and experienced photographer (of birds mainly). I borrowed a trap for the 16th to 26th August and have been successful in identifying a good number of species but would like to do better!
VICKI REDPATH - 29 August 2004
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US TO IDENTIFY THE ELEPHANT HAWK MOTH CATERPILLAR WE FOUND..IT'S HUGE!!! WE WANTED TO KNOW IF IT WAS HARMFUL AND GLAD TO SEE IT IS NOT SO PUT IT BACK IN THE GARDEN HERE IN NORTH DEVON!
David Punnett - 29 August 2004
larva to each moth would be helpful
Dave Curtis - 28 August 2004
A superb resource, well designed and full of good photos. This is often my first port of call to identify micros and the place to confirm Macro ID's.
Thanks for all the hard work.
Thanks for all the hard work.
Penny - 27 August 2004
Just found your website looking to identify a white moth,it's a gold mine of information .As we now live surrounded by 22acres of woodland near Oxford ,with so much wildlife to identify , I will be back !
niamh n? dh?ill - 25 August 2004
we are teaching in a community organic garden in an estate in tralee, co. kerry, ireland & came across an amazing elephant hawk moth caterpillar feeding on the giant willowherb - when i searched on the net for a good website to recommend for more information i found this site & the moth of the moment is the elehpant hawk moth caterpillar!
it has created great interest with the adults & children alike as none have ever seen any thing like it before - we had made a wildlife pond & introduced tadpoles, but now we have damselfies & dragonflies arriving & now this caterpillar - it just goes to show what a small space with diversity & water can bring!
it has created great interest with the adults & children alike as none have ever seen any thing like it before - we had made a wildlife pond & introduced tadpoles, but now we have damselfies & dragonflies arriving & now this caterpillar - it just goes to show what a small space with diversity & water can bring!
matt mckenna - 25 August 2004
saw a moth pure white but for two grey mettallic stripes on each wing
Kevin LANE Anderson - 25 August 2004
I am the founder and chief engineer of Lane Bicycles of Fargo, North Dakota, U.S.A.. I think that moths are a neat idea for pets but a horrible pest, otherwise. Still you have to love them after they pupate. Great site!
Tim Bower - 24 August 2004
Thanks to your site we have been able to identify an Elephant Hawkmoth larva that we found in our garden.
Dr Tina Aughney - 22 August 2004
The Beginner's top 20 is an excellent introduction to the vast array of species. Thank you.
Lena Dill - 22 August 2004
Thank you for your website! Funny I wasn't into moths until I found a very large, very beautiful one while I was at work. I was able to do a search & found on your site that it was a Scarce Dagger, Acronicta Auricoma. Interestingly enough I live in NW Oregon, USA and this is not their area at all. Looking forward to finding out more on this species. Thank you again for your great website. Wish I had taken a picture to send to you!
Ann Willett - 21 August 2004
Thought we had an exotic monster on our bizzie-lizzie but quickly find from your web-site we have a common elephant hawkmoth caterpillar, though not so common to us!
Thanks.
Thanks.
Elisabeth Hallett - 20 August 2004
I live in Beijing and one day in June (2004) observed what I now know was a hummingbird moth - the first I'd ever seen. Imagine my surprise when my sister in Church Stretton, Shropshire mentioned that she had seen one in her garden at the very same time!
Don Stothers - 19 August 2004
Thanx very much,I had picked up this weird caterpillar off the pavement,
and wanted to identify it.
I now know it is a Kentish Glory..
and wanted to identify it.
I now know it is a Kentish Glory..
Cliff - 18 August 2004
I have been browsing the net for a week or so to find help with moth Identification and information. I landed on your site tonight and for me it is the jackpot. I am well into retiremnet and do not always finding & navigation of sites easy. However this site is first class for me.
I have sent Ian an email offering my 35mm nature slides if he / you wish to have them.
Due to my age & health I cannot veture too far away from home these days so try to make the garden as productive as possible for wild life. [ It is a small garden in a built up area not too far from Plymouth Sound.
You may be interested to know I have some 30 Buff Tip Larva on a very small Copper beech [ 1 metre high} which they have all but stripped.
Your images on this species are wonderful.
I hope this entry has not been to verbose. Many thanks for your site.
God Bless You - Cliff
Once again mamNY THANKS
I have sent Ian an email offering my 35mm nature slides if he / you wish to have them.
Due to my age & health I cannot veture too far away from home these days so try to make the garden as productive as possible for wild life. [ It is a small garden in a built up area not too far from Plymouth Sound.
You may be interested to know I have some 30 Buff Tip Larva on a very small Copper beech [ 1 metre high} which they have all but stripped.
Your images on this species are wonderful.
I hope this entry has not been to verbose. Many thanks for your site.
God Bless You - Cliff
Once again mamNY THANKS
Angelita - 18 August 2004
If you are interested in have dried insects from Brasil or eggs please send e-mail ..And I will gave some s?pport.. Best regards
He Liansheng - 18 August 2004
Dear Sir/Madam:
Thank you for your effort to design such a nice webside. It is not only user-friendly but also informative. I like your webside very much.
Regards
He Liansheng
Thank you for your effort to design such a nice webside. It is not only user-friendly but also informative. I like your webside very much.
Regards
He Liansheng
John Harding - 17 August 2004
I saw a vapourer catapillar on on of our geraniums and thanks to you was able to identify it.
judy T - 17 August 2004
I live near Scarborough North Yorks and saw a white moth which I think was a Blood-vein Geometer moth. My moth had grey rather than red lines is it a different one? Hope it isn't rare as my cat ate it.
paul southworth - 17 August 2004
excellent site , helped me to identify caterpillars of Acronicta rumicis, on a raised peat bog called langlands moss in east kilbride. just outside glasgow
Pat Griffin - 16 August 2004
Having discovered three huge caterpillars feeding in a fuscia hanging basket and identified them, from information gleaned on this great site, as Elephant Hawk Moths we are puzzled as to how they got to be in the basket. Could it have been from the original compost or were eggs laid during the overwintering in our greenhouse? Any other ideas?