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Catherine Gillan - 19 June 2003

I live on Alderney in the Channel Islands we have hundreds of Hummingbird Hawk Moths arround at the moment and they are truely facinating creatures.

Erica Hume Niven - 18 June 2003

We actually have a local 'moth man', but he is not always there when you want him!

Jackie Ribeiro - 18 June 2003

What a super Website. Excellent pictures and clear descriptions- I will certainly use it again to identify moths.

Valissa Burnett - 18 June 2003

I have a large group of striped lychnis moth caterpillars on a verbascum in my garden at present! Very early for them ... also I am on heavy clay soil here (Hampshire) so another mystery! (Think they have been pupating in the gravel as opposed to the clay). Has been verified by local butterfly/moth conservation group and photos/details on www.stavekirk.co.uk/butterfly under 'sightings' heading for anyone interested.

m a scott - 18 June 2003

found on your site eyed hawk moth. thanks for showing me what i had seen.

Gordon Bailey - 18 June 2003

I think that this is a superb site. The pictures are excellent. However, I was hoping to identify a species that is infesting a plant in my garden ; Soloman's Seal. The predator is a grey caterpillar about 2.0 cms long. It is happily munching its way through the leaves.

John Stephens - 16 June 2003

Seen flying at 8.30pm in a garden in shipley West Yorkshire a hummingbird hawk moth. The first time I have ever seen one, not unless we have hummingbirds as residents!

Mark James Holmes - 16 June 2003

I used your website to help me with a Cub Scout badge. Thank you, I found it very useful and interesting(especially my mum!)

David Anderson - 16 June 2003

Excellent site. I was able to identify 'The Cinnabar' in my garden.

Tony and Rosemiranda Hibbert - 15 June 2003

A wonderful Site, but oh does it show up our ignorance and the choice of possible moths makes identification more difficult

Keith Palmer - 14 June 2003

Excellent website, it has become the first port of call for me to see photos of micros in natural resting positions to help with identifications. I have much less need for the macros. The micros are surely the strength of the site and I hope they will become even more comprehensive. Thanks.

?bersetzungen in alle Sprachen aus allen Sprachen - 13 June 2003

Hi there , nice page and a good design!
Greets Sandra R?ttger

Paul G - 11 June 2003

i recently found a lime-hawk moth i my way home from work, it was sitting on the pavement infront of me in the bright sunshine. What was strange was that i live in southend, which is a distance from london and not really a surburban area with plenty of trees. What intrigued me more was the moth's combat/camoflage colours, it was a truly beautiful specimen. Its body structure surprised me too, it had a very thick abdomen(about a centimetre wide). I looked upon this website to find what type it was and i found your site to be very helpful. thankyou.

donald wells - 11 June 2003

saw poplar hawk moth on my shed this morning, and wanted to identify it. it was the first time i had seen one. thought your website excellent, as it enabled me to identify.

Mike Dodd - 9 June 2003

Great website, excellent photos very useful for the enthusiatic amateur

Antony Dala - 8 June 2003

Fascinating site..
I have not been able to I.D. a moth in my garden though .
if anyone can help I would be made up .
It is approx 3.5 cm span / 2.25cm long / white with swept back wings /
lateral rows of black pin head dots on top and some black dots under with 2 larger black dots centrally underneath.
not a leopard ..too white.
body has 2 longditudinal black lines underneath ?????
regards antony

eleanor pierpoint - 8 June 2003

I came on this site because i spotted a huge, lime green and pink moth in my kitchen and I wanted to know what it was. UK moths helped me to find out that it was an elephant hawk moth!

John Vigay - 8 June 2003

Marvellous site - a great help with Micros especially Yponomeuta which
has 'invaded' a local hedgerow, even covering up the 40 mph limit sign !
(Photos/JPegs available if requested)

BEVERLY MCGILL - 8 June 2003

hi , would anyon know anything about this Brown fuzzy moth, my daughter found. Its Brown and fuzzy and has feather like things about its eyes.with 2 white dots on its wings. [like eyes] . Are they poisness, whats theyre names. If anyone knows Would you please email me with Moth in Subject, or the mail will be deleted.

Thanks

BEV McGill

john nickson - 6 June 2003

Just becoming interested. need to build myself a moth trap. having dificulty sourcing a bulb localy ie. Lincoln.

Norman Hill - 5 June 2003

Excellent web site congratulations.
Better than any current books avalable on British moths.
Great for learning, photos are of very good quality.

susannahmuldoon - 3 June 2003

Excellant site very impressed havnt yet found the moth on my garden shed but will come back to have another look

Alain COSSON - 3 June 2003

Thanx for this precious site.
I use this site many, many time to find IDs of moths.
It is one of my favorites sites.
Thanx again
Alain

Dumont - 2 June 2003

Brilliant website.
Just what is needed for someone who has just bought a moth trap and started to enjoy moths and taking pictures of them.

mary grant - 2 June 2003

Monday 2 June 2003 - my husband and I live in Kibworth Beauchamp in Leicestershire and this evening my husband came in and said bring the camera. On the wall outside was a large moth. I took a picture and then went on-line to check it out. It was a Lime Hawk moth. Beautiful. We had never seen such a large and lovely coloured moth before and have lived here 26 years. Are they common in our area? As it says on your sight they are normally found down south.

Steve Mitchell - 2 June 2003

Wonderful site, could spend ages (and did) browsing it. Still haven't been able to identify a moth I took some photographs of in my Devon garden but I will keep trying!

Gordon Kneale Brooke - 2 June 2003

Sir I live in the village of Camblesforth, North Yorkshire, yesterday June 1st 2003 I came across a pair of moths mating in my friends Garden, I identified them as Lime Hawk Moths, if I sent you a photograph of the moths would you please verify this.

Thanks Gordon

A. M. Anderson - 31 May 2003

Very easy to identify strange moth from your site. I have an Elephant Hawk moth in my garden (on young nasturtium plants) You say not in Scotland but I live in rural Perthshire, N. of the Tay.

Mandy Nogarede - 29 May 2003

We were searching for a mystery moth and were trying to identify a bright red moth. With the help of your website we were quickly able to identify the cinnabar moth.

Thank you

Clare Chisholm - 28 May 2003

Thanks soooo much for such a helpful page! This was the only site I was able to discover what the huge moth I found on my bedroom window was!

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