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Don't you just love the internet? This site has enabled me to identify a privet hawk moth (I think!) I saw in burnham market high street!

Thanks for a great website. When my husband and I found a 10cm larva on our footpath, I was able to use this site to identify it as (we believe) an elephant hawkmoth. We have brought it inside, in a jar, with willowherb shoots, and it seems to have begun a cocoon, pulling the leaves around itself and using silk threads to hold them in place. If it survives our tender loving care and emerges as an adult moth, we'll let you know?

This is a very good site. Although I did not find the answer to my query. I wonder if anyone can help. I was weeding my garden and pulled up a clump of weeds. I looked closer and there was a \"sort of\" caterpillar in amongst the weeds. But this was no ordinary caterpillar. It was black and had what I can only describe as \"a pair of eyes\". It was approx one and a half inches in lengh and half inch in diameter. I was not wearing my glasses, so could not see the finer details. My main concern was that I had disturbed this beautiful thing. I placed it back and ensured it was protected from birds or any other harm. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions. eve orchard. 15/08/04.

What a great site! As a moth-ing beginner, it's really useful. Thanks!

incredible site, visit prompted by Plain Golden Y (I think), though the Y looked moere like a comma as in the butterfly, so many moths listed, but would be much easier if all pictures listed as thumbs for initial ID, takes ages to go through the text index! absolutely facinating.

Fantastic - an easy way to look up the species. Who says moths aren't as pretty as butterflies?!

I've just discovered this sight. Fantastic! At last some pictures of the microlepidoptera to help me identify all those little so-and-sos that come in the window. Keep up the good work.

We liked this site very much. It was helpful in identifying some caterpillars we have eating our fushias. It is the Deilephila elpenor, (Elephant hawk moth) 3 of them. Would like to know if we can keep them to see them hatch out, any tips would be gratefully recieved.

Very informative very helpful, well done .

Really useful thanks x

I am new to moths. This is a fantastic resource and impressively well run. Thanks a lot.

Could you please help me identify a beautiful moth which flew into my house late last night. It was about 3-4 cms across the wings was very dark brown, almost black in colour with no apparent markings or features. I see from your pictures that it could have been the Hummingbird moth. I live in Newbury, Berks quite close to a canal if that helps. I found the site very interesting and fascinating. Many thanks, Dave.

we have found the information most useful. Although we have the new illustrated moth book we find the photographs on this website very helpful - we have now purchased our own trap and are increasing our knowledge all the time.

I am a nurse in Bath and used to seeing moths flying about on the ward at night. Saw what I now know to be The Poplar Hawk Moth thanks to your web site, it was resting on one of the window blinds.Thankyou I'll be back again.

found my first,yesterday,7th Aug 04, large catillar,and emporer moth,large green,blackdots with yellow tops which were hairy, on the common near Exmouth Devon.
enjoyed the site
jim

I wish I had found this site ages ago - it's great. Came across it when searching for more information about the two bee hawk moths - I saw one yesterday, for the first time in 43 years. Unfortunately I only saw it on the wing (albeit for two or three minutes at close quarters, while it was feeding from buddleia), so I can't be 100% sure about IDing as broad-bordered rather than narrow-bordered - but that's what it resembled more (the most striking feature of the real one was the black-and-white end of the abdomen).

At last somewhere to search for the identification of micros.

Hello there - just found this site by looking at the moths section on Birdforum. Excellent! Wished I'd found it earlier - now will be a regular visitor!

Found the site fascinating but unfortunately doesn't have my moth in it. Which are conducting a butterfly/moth search this summer and I have used your site with interest. If you can give me an idea of what a tiny (1cm) tan moth with distinct white spots along the edge of its wings (at least 10 spots each wing0 is I would be grateful
BW

interestring would like to look further

Very interesting, some really fantastic pictures and good information

Your site is wonderful. Being an avid watcher of the wildlife in sw scotland I was perplexed to find a huge but stunning orange fluffy moth in our kitchen. Having trawled many websites and made numerous phonecalls I finally found this site and immediately identified my visitor as a garden tiger. WOWIE!!!!!
I can't believe my luck! What a find!
I'm sure to be back very soon!
Best regards on maintaining the site.
ali m

Only just found this site, it is very good so I shall be back for more!
Incidentally, I had D.sylvestrella in my trap last night and I took 3 or 4 at this time last year too! Bernard Skinner identified them for me so I know they were who they say they were!
Well done & keep up the good work! J.

A beautiful yellow/cream moth flew into my kitchen and i found out it was a swallow tailed moth, thanks to your site. 03/08/04

Excellent site!
Found - what I now know as - an elephant Hawk moth caterpillar in my tiny garden in Cowes on the Isle of wight. We get a lot of visits from moths in our garden and with this site I can identify them much more easily. Cheers

Very good site, most interesting

yesterday,01/08/2004,in Romford,I spied and photographed a Lime Hawk Moth.My daughter,aged 13,was able to stroke the moth,gently,without disturbing it.It was beautiful in broad daylight.

this is my first visit,im looking forward to learning about moths.

Great site, just managed to id a Moth that has spent the last two hours trying to stay in my house, Common Swift, although you say it flies May/June, it is now the last day of August , so I hope that is the correct id. ! I would welcome any comments on this.


Trevor Lee

Wonderful site. I was able to ID this fine specimen only seconds after bbeing dissapointed at it not being my first thought as being an Elephants Head, which I feared, but was amazed at how dainty that was.
This beast is far more fearocious.
I first saw it as I was going into my lounge last night (29-07-04)adhering itself to the mid-oak upright of a kitchen unit adjacent to the lounge door. I nearly filled my pants when I first saw it, (my First encounter of the 3rd Kind, if you know what I mean) and thought one of the bats which encircle my house in the evenings, (possibly a young one gone astray I thought eventually, not a Neil I hear you say)
Then I noticed its legs spread out in a peculiar pattern and knew it was no bat. So fearsome did it look that I foolishly thought of Elephants Head because of its size, but on searching Google and finding your site, it took only seconds to ID it as Poplar Hawk and not the puny EHM above mentioned.
Excellent site, well layed out and easy navigation. I would have liked a land line TeleNo but this is OK although takes a lot of time to type over talk.
Best regards Brian