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Jamie Coppinger - 12 August 2003

My neighbour (very scared of moths) found a very large moth (about 3 1/2 inches long with wings closed) in her garden. After a short search on this site I managed to identify it as the Convolvulus Hawk Moth. A great site, the only one that had a picture that looked anything like the actual moth.

Mick Johnson - 11 August 2003

I recently found three strange (to me anyway) caterpillars crawling across my garden path.
Do they bite ? sting?
Anyway thanks for identifying them for me ( I used the beginners top 20 on the website)
The caterpillars were the ' elephant hawk moth '
Ta
Mick

C.J. Gritt - 11 August 2003

Great help in beginner identification.

Simon Pointer - 11 August 2003

Just saw a moth in the garden (Sittingbourne, Kent) and wondered what it was. Found this site on the web instantly and within seconds had found the very one. An excellent site, well put together and very informative.

As for the moth.......a hummingbird hawk moth!
(20:15, 11/08/03)

Adele Clark - 11 August 2003

What a brilliant site. I have just identified a privet hawk moth caterpillar which I also managed to photograph - I was amazed at its size and speed! Can't wait to see the moth, although I couldn't find any indication as to how long this might take.
I shall be recommending this site to my family and friends.
Thanks. :)

offwell - 11 August 2003

Really excellent website. We keep on using it!

Have you thought of making this available on CD and selling it?. This would make it excellent for use in the field with a PDA such as a Sharp Zaurus which uses Opera 6 browser. Opera 6 automatically reformats web pages for PDA use. The website could easily be transfered to Compact Flash.

Finally we have linked, (as per your terms of use) to individual pages from our website. www.offwell.info is part of Britain\\'s National Grid for Learning with over 60,000 keywords & topics about the British Countryside.

Tony Broome - 10 August 2003

Hello there. Very interested in the site, it's been needed for years. Only been on the web for a couple of months but been trapping since 1978.

n.fox - 10 August 2003

thanks your site has helped me identify my first trapped convulvus hawk
male i think

judith swift - 10 August 2003

the wonders of the internet! thanks for all the effort will be visiting the site regularily now I,ve discovered it through lancashire moths newsletter/ barbara cockburn thanks again, from a novice(very less than 2 months) moth hunter

D Howell - 9 August 2003

Just seen the Hummingbird Hawk moth in Birmingham is this a good year for them?

Sue Phippen - 9 August 2003

This site really helped me to identify a Privet Hawk Moth caterpillar. I also found the site very easy to use and very helpful. I will certainly recommend this site to other interested people.

Thanks,

Sue Evans - 8 August 2003

Very helpful and found it easy to find what I was looking for. Thanks very much

lynzi and sabrina - 8 August 2003

we're two 12 year old girls and when we found a HUGE (and we mean \"HUGE\"!) moth in my light we nearly had a heart attack. it was big, brown with white spots and it made a loud noise. we tried for ages to find it but couldnt, it was awful so we are gonna sleep downstairs now. the pictures we found were ugly but nothing compared to the one we saw!

Wendy in Devon - 7 August 2003

A really good site and easy to use for us amateurs! I was able to identify a couple of moths I had seen - the Jersey Tiger & White Ermine. Thanks!

Chris Mabbs - 6 August 2003

Thank you for a very good site, I found the most enormous caterpillar I have ever seen in my garden. I thought it was a baby grass snake, I roused my husband from his chair to take a look and he said it was definately a caterpillar. By the time I went inside to get a camera, it was no where to be seen, and I did not want to disturb it. I think it was a Death's head hawk moth, it's face tapered like a hedge hog, difficult to discribe. Thanks anyway, kind regards Chris

Norman Hawkins - 6 August 2003

Hummingbird Moths. Does anyone know anything about these creatures being sighted in the UK. I saw one in the afternoon of 1 August, in bright daylight happily working along the window boxes of my house here in Belfast Northern Ireland. Its flight, both backwards and forwards was spectacular, and its overall features unlike anything I have ever seen. Should I report the sighting and if so, to who? Any information at all gratefully received.
Norman

David - 6 August 2003

When does the moth season end ? is there such a thing as a moth season or can you see them all year round.

Chris James - 5 August 2003

Congratulations on a great website. It's educational, very informative and easy to navigate. I have put in a link from my own website.

Elinge Jeme - 5 August 2003

I am realy facinated by this site. I am an insect capturer from Cameroon and i deal in buttreflies and moths.

Bob Hollis - 5 August 2003

I have two enormous caterpillars approximately 4 inches long and roughly 1/2 inch in diameter stripping one of my fucshia plants,brownish in colour with dark rings down its body. It looks like a minature snake. Would appreciate any help in identifying them. Thanks

john haywood - 5 August 2003

I am trying to identify the caterpilars on my apple tree.

They have two \"horns\" at the fron end and three (four?) light coloured tufty bits on the back. Whilst they seem to be eating the apple tree leaves they also seem happy to wander about the trunk and bask in the sun! There are about half a dozen of them. Can anybody tell me what they are?
I don't know if they are related but there are also a number of light brown \"lumps\" on the leaves.
We live in Hemel Hempstead, Herts.
Thanks to whoever in anticipation...
John Haywood

Phil Wallace - 3 August 2003

I have just seen my first ever Hummingbird Hawkmoth, feeding from Red Valerian growing at my home in Cornwall. I was together with an American friend who commented that it flew just like a hummingbird, otherwise I wouldn't have known how to identify it - one of the most astounding and beautiful creatures I have seen.

marc botham - 1 August 2003

a useful addition to popular texts for identifying all moths. helps clarify any indecisions resulting from the different postures held by different species (most books show specimens pinned out)

jack birch - 31 July 2003

helped to identify a resident in the garden kentish glory in worcestershire

stuart and lewis massie - 31 July 2003

rare moths are a bit thin on the ground here in garmouth , moray.so a humming bird hawkmoth on tuesday(29th july)feeding on various flowers then dissapearing as quick as it arrived was a rare treat.has enyone else seen them this far north,perhaps its here due to some fine summer weather.

Becca Flintham - 30 July 2003

Great site - really good to see so many pictures contributed by many people. Can you recommend a good website (or book) which gives detailed guidelines for amateurs wishing to run moth traps and identify/record their catches?

SHERYL SPAANS - 30 July 2003

Thank you for enabling me to to discover I have a Hummingbird Hawk Moth visiting my garden in Newport, Essex regularly at the moment, it is very fond of the Verbenas in my hanging baskets. Like alot of other people I made the mistake of thinking it was a bird.

Mervyn Edwards - 29 July 2003

Thank you for helping me identify a Humming bird Hawk moth .It was quite an experience and to be able to identify it so easily through your site was excellent

susan - 28 July 2003

Wanted to identify a moth and found your site by accident.Glad that I did,as it's so easy to understand.Will visit again as I never knew moth's could be so fasinating.

Keith Mather - 27 July 2003

What a great oppertunity for like minded people to share their views and of course, learn a little more

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