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judi woodyet - 15 September 2003

I was thrilled to see a hummingbird hawkmoth feeding on my geranium plants on Sunday 14th September in Wellington, Shropshire.Sadly he disappeared all too quickly, but I live in hope of his return.

Sam & Jake Walton - 15 September 2003

We have found a very big moth with about 80mm wing span it has a striped back of deep purple and black. We can e-mail photo's of the moth to help us find what type of moth it is.

Julie Coyne - 15 September 2003

I quickly was able to identify the hummingbird hawk moth i had seen in my garden in Norfolk over the weekend. I was very surprised to see it was in the common top twenty!!

Jenny Wallace - 15 September 2003

Fantastic website. The photos are brilliant. I have just got interested in moths and have been trapping at Fairburn Ings RSPB nature reserve since April. It's nice to have a good website to refer to.

Iain Mortimer - 14 September 2003

Brilliant site which as a first time user has proved easy to use enabling to identify a hummingbird hawk moth just seen in the garden. Thanks for your efforts. Would there be any chance though of adding an identification flow chart to the site though as this was probably a lucky guess on my part. Even if just used as a starter it would help immensely.

Thanks again, Iain

valerie Walker - 13 September 2003

I live in Bangor, Co Down, Northern Ireland. I have had a Humming bird Hawkmoth in my garden at end of July and now again on 9 September. Is this unusual to have them here? I have never seen one before.

Tasty Smith - 12 September 2003

Thanks to your website I have identified my first HBHM(twice in my garden) an Oak Eggar, a silver Y and a Clay triple Lines all in my house in Gosport Hampshire. This is one of the best sites I have come across since getting interested in Moths again and I've earmarked it in my favourites. Thank you
Tasty Smith

Sandie Kelly - 12 September 2003

Delighted to find clear picture of humming bird hawk moth. I have been watching it feeding on red valerian in my garden near Petersfield and the humming bird moth picture in my wild life book did not look like it at all.

Many thanks - its a very user friendly website.

Sandie Kelly

Karen Herrington - 12 September 2003

I live in Cornwall and in my garden there was a strange moth. I had no idea where to start looking.
I am pleased to say I came to this web site and found the moth in the top 20, it was a Convolvulus Hawk-Moth.
Thank you for aiding my search.
Karen

Neil Simmons - 12 September 2003

I work on BP ETAP North Sea Oil Platform 120 miles East Of Aberdeen where I found a large moth just sitting on the walkway.Eventually identified it as a Convolvulous Hawk Moth. It must be very rare to get one this far North.

grace lewis - 12 September 2003

excellent site knew we had many moths,but did not realise how colourful many are,top 20 brilliant certainly helped me to identify ahawk privet moth,my neighbour thought there was a bat hanging on her clothes on the washing line,would'nt touch it so asked me to remove itfor her as i do not mind any creatures and will handle most things(not crocs though not that brave)was amazed at the size of the moth about 3 to 3.5 inches from top to toe is this our largest moth overall in the uk. thanks great site again

JOANNE NORMAN - 11 September 2003

VERY INFORMATIVE I FOUND EXACTLY THE INFORMATION I NEEDED.

Peter Byles - 10 September 2003

Belong to Butterfly Conservation, N. Pembs Moth Group.Keen amateur Lepid conserver and recorder. I photograph moths and butterflies. I find Bernard Skinner's specimen images of moths a bit difficult in places. The new Waring, Townsend and Lewington book is superb. I have heard good things about Ian Kimber's photos and hope that I will now have no excuse for failure to identify any fluttering thing!

Steve Hannabuss - 10 September 2003

using your beginners top 20 i quickly found the strange large moth in my study, it was a Convolvulus Hawk Moth, I am now looking for the 4 inch catapiller which is in my willow tree

many thanks
Steve

Roger Croxson - 10 September 2003

The cat brought in a large moth, now we know it was one of the Hawk Moths, a very useful and well presented site, thank you.

paul pearson - 9 September 2003

excellent for reference material,found what i was trying to identify in about two minutes.

regards and thank you paul pearson.

Janet Tanner - 9 September 2003

My recent sighting of a Narrow-Bordered Bee Hawk-moth here in Cornwall has led me to this website. I am now quite sure that was what I saw, what an amazing insect. Once I started noticing I saw the Hummingbird Hawk-moth as mentioned by lots of your visitors , they are wonderful. Thanks for fuelling my new enthusiasm for moths.

natalie weekes - 7 September 2003

was just browsing as my 6 year old is interested in moths and butterflies and found your site. was able to name the hummingbird hawk moth and daughter is very pleased. thank you

kris lyon - 7 September 2003

I have just seen a hummingbird hawkmoth in my garden. I identified with through photo on wildlife book. I live in Billinge, nr Wigan, Lancs. I thought that they were visitors to the south only. It had a large proboscus wich it used to get to the centre of the flowers.

Audrey Quinnell - 7 September 2003

We saw an unusual moth in our garden in Loose Village Maidstone Kent on 6 Sept 03. We eventualy identified it as a HUMMING-BIRD HAWK MOTH. Is it rare?

Audrey Quinnell

edward button,Kings lynn, norfolk. - 7 September 2003

I have just visited the top 20 moths i.d. and I am not convinced that the picture of the Humming-bird Hawk Moth fits the one I have seen in our garden in the last 2 days. Yes, the text has the right description , but the moth I have seen has virtually transparent wings beating so fast as to be almost invisible. the body is avery pale golden colour with the back third striped as like a bee in two shades of ginger.Its flight so fast as almost impossible to follow.

Irene Briscoe - 7 September 2003

Your site was so easy to find. All I entered was \"moths\"
I am very impressed with the site

Anne Cheese - 7 September 2003

This site is brilliant for identifying moths - we were on the channel islands (Sark) and my daughter was fascinated by what we thought was a butterfly that kept landing on her red hair! We took photographs and identified it as a moth and on our second attempt found this site and identified it very quickly. We found this site via a link on www.butterflies-moths.com - but feel that you should be better referenced in search engines.

Martin Evans - 6 September 2003

Hi Ian

Your site has inspired me since it started. I know that you have automated a lot of its production, but I am still amazed that you manage to keep up with it all.

I use the site regularly. It has been really useful, especially with the micros. Thank you for all your work.

Martin

Michaela Dungate - 6 September 2003

I opened up your website because I have just identified a pine hawk-moth at the bottom of my garden. When I looked this up in my Natural History Book, it indicated that this species was confined to Dorset, Suffolk, Norfolk, Hampshire and Lincolnshire. Could you put me in touch with anyone, who could give me details about UK distribution? I live in North Cornwall. Thank you for your assistance,
Michaela

Laurence Squires - 6 September 2003

I saw a Hummingbird Hawkmoth in my garden last week and identified it from my I Spy Book. I live in Petts Wood in Kent. I am 5 years old and I like insects.

steve reid - 6 September 2003

Good site,found what i was looking for straight away.I now know ive got 2 hummingbird hawk moths in my garden (lovely sight!).is this a rare moth this year?

RichardF - 5 September 2003

I also saw the Telegraph today. My wife and I stayed at a charming B&B in Blandford, Dorset, 2 weeks ago and whilst having breakfast on the patio, I was buzzed by this monster. The lovely old lady looking after us said \"Oh, it's that Hornet I saw yesterday. You wouldn't want to be stung by that!\" Last Sunday I was looking out of the lounge window at our house in Plymouth, and there was another 'HORNET'. Todays article in the newspaper prompted me to do a search for 'Hummingbird Hawkmoth' pictures, and yes our Hornets are actually Hummingbird Hawkmoths.

Jeanne Hitchings - 5 September 2003

We have had hummingbird hawkmoths all summer, especially on nepeta plants, and they are now taking refuge in the house as the temperature drops. Will they hibernate, or is this the end for them?

MRS. M.H.J. MELVIN - 5 September 2003

It has taken me some time to find a web site wherein I can record and share my sighting of what I now know to be a Humming Bird Hawk Moth, and it wasn't until my husband saw an article about it in today's Daily Teleagraph, 5 September, that I knew it was a rare sighting. It was also my husband who was able to locate this fine web site.

We were in Worcester last weekend, and enjoying the warm weather we were sitting outside on the back patio. It was there that I way this amazing and beautiful moth feeding on the petunias. I am glad to be able to share this experience with all of you. Thanks.

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