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G PARKER - 1 July 2001
I WAS LOOKING TO I.D A MOTH I FOUND OUT SIDE MY DOOR, IT WAS ABOUT 1 1/2 LONG AND MAINLY WHITE WITH BLACK SPOTS
COVERING IT'S BODY, MAINLY THE WINGS, IT HAD "SIX" DISTINCT SPOTS ON IT BACK AND WAS A FEMAIL AS I THINK IT WAS LAYING
EGGS, WHICH SEEM TO BE ORANGE IN COLOURE.
IT IS NOT THE LARGEST MOTH FOUND HERE, I HAVE HAD THEM AS LARGE AS 2+ INCHES BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST I HAVE MANAGED
TO HANDLE, IF YOU KNOW IT'S ID PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
MANY THANKS, MR G PARKER
COVERING IT'S BODY, MAINLY THE WINGS, IT HAD "SIX" DISTINCT SPOTS ON IT BACK AND WAS A FEMAIL AS I THINK IT WAS LAYING
EGGS, WHICH SEEM TO BE ORANGE IN COLOURE.
IT IS NOT THE LARGEST MOTH FOUND HERE, I HAVE HAD THEM AS LARGE AS 2+ INCHES BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST I HAVE MANAGED
TO HANDLE, IF YOU KNOW IT'S ID PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
MANY THANKS, MR G PARKER
John S. Clark - 30 June 2001
Looks an excellent Site. Quality of images first rate.
Emma - 30 June 2001
excellent reference site. We had a humming bird hawk moth in the garden this afternoon (in Dorset)
Angela Roose - 29 June 2001
Interesting site, think we have found the Privet Hawk-moth.
D?wald Swanepoel - 27 June 2001
Excellent site Ian,
Just what I needed to further prickle my interest in moths.
Just what I needed to further prickle my interest in moths.
Richard Matthews - 26 June 2001
To the ignorant this site appears comprehensive and is full of easy to use information. Thank you
rex turner - 25 June 2001
Your Dad told me about your site when we were out running the other morning. Looks good Well done
Rex
Rex
julia porteous - 24 June 2001
very good site -wanted to identify two bright red moths seen flying in the middle of the day -23 june 2001-I guessed they might be cinnabar moths,as we have ragwort in our paddocks,but this is the first time I have seen the mature adults.Only seen the caterpillars up until now.Thank you for providing the info.
liz o'neill - 21 June 2001
I'm searching the net to identify a (probably) moth caterpillar, and although your site is far and away the best after an hour's search, still no photos of many larvae. Can anyone tell me what is this larva:2"-mostly black with orange hair, small head and tail tufts, lines of tiny white dots, line of short yellow tufts. Can't find a picture anywhere! PLEASE add larvae to your beautiful site.
Don Rovak - 20 June 2001
I am interested much more about moths. Can you e-mail me what encourages moths other than a bright light at dark? Also, what are a moths' enemies? What are they afraid of? What kill them? Where do they lay their eggs? Do they like water?
Please respond.
Don Rovak
Please respond.
Don Rovak
Phil Childs - 17 June 2001
Amazing, that a site, keep up the good work.
Paul Toner - 17 June 2001
It's a real labor of love and a great resource.
I'll be looking around our garden with an altogether new eye from now on.
I'll be looking around our garden with an altogether new eye from now on.
David Glasson - 12 June 2001
Great site. I am trapping and photographing live hope to provide some pictures.
Lydiate North Merseyside. I'll be back!
Lydiate North Merseyside. I'll be back!
Chris - 10 June 2001
Great web-site. A useful find for ID-ing Moths & other info.
Hope you get more photo's.
Hope you get more photo's.
Dave Pearson - 8 June 2001
Great web site! Hopefully, I will now be able to identify all those little moths that come into the house in the evening.
laurie oakes - 3 June 2001
wonderfull site, wish you every suucess with it in the future. We trap regularly in the far west of cornwall and find the natural positions of the moth photos of great value for I.Ds.
YUSUF PANDOR - 2 June 2001
I nned some guidance of how tom deal with Moths...it seems for some reason I am getting a lot of moths in my bedroom since the weather has turned mild - this has never happened previously
Can you help ?
What attracts them and what can be done
Gill Whitney - 2 June 2001
I have been fascinated by moths for many years, possibly more so than butterflies as moths, (like anything that comes out at night) are more mysterious and are often associated with foklore. It was a moth which helped me decide to move to the country and since then, every year we have a regular visit from the Humming Bird Hawk Moth as well as the broad banded bee moth, which is just wonderful!
Mike Edmondson - 30 May 2001
I thought I had spotted a really unusual moth, in broad daylight, in Vauxhall, London. I wondered how I could possibly identify it, when I searched for and found your website. It turned out to be a Lime Hawk, and not rare at all, in fact most likely to be spotted in London in May and June! Oh well, I'm pleased I found it. Nice website.
alan major - 30 May 2001
very good ,comprehensive and useful.
Andrew Barrie - 29 May 2001
Excellent site, very usful.
Andrew. Site Manager Aston Rowant NNR Oxon
Howard Davies - 24 May 2001
I'm having some trouble with the pugs but you've given me a positive ID for one - Ta
Garry Pogson - 19 May 2001
thank you - great pictures - very useful for showing my office-mates what the Garden Tiger Moths looked like that I had as a kid (I reared them in captivity from caterpillars that I found, and they hung around for a few weeks before flying off).
Terry Button - 17 May 2001
Very interesting sight. Anything that promotes moths in a positive way is to be welcomed. Being a wildlife photographer I have a lot of moth pic's, including some rare and local species you may wish to use. Drop me a line if you wish. I'm trapping in the Grand Causses Regional park from 18 - 26 May; hopefully I'll be photographing some interesting species.
David Holden - 16 May 2001
Excellent site! So much better than looking at something with a pin through the middle. I hope it can be expanded to show intraspecific variation within some of the difficult species.
Well done.
Well done.
paul butter - 14 May 2001
Brief first visit.i shall return!
David Allen - 13 May 2001
This has been a godsend for me as I have just started identfying moths using a moth trap. Nice to see the moths as they really appear. I have a number of photos both on digital camera format and using a normal macro lens. Would you like the better ones and if so how would you like them?
Dominic Coath - 9 May 2001
Great Site, I have been waiting for some competition against Skinner for a while. Any chance of a new photographic guide coming out?
sara - 7 May 2001
you've helped me in the past and i could do with your help again
Paul Howard - 7 May 2001
As a recent convert to mothing I find your site an invaluable aid. Keep up the stunning work!