UKMoths
About the UKMoths Website
Welcome to UKMoths, your online guide to the moths of Great Britain and Ireland. UKMoths has been providing identification help and information about Britain's moths for over 15 years.
What's UKMoths all about?
Traditionally, moth fieldguides have concentrated on the so-called "macro-moths", of which there are around 800 regular species. To study all of Britain's species incuding the often very interesting microlepidoptera, requires an expensive library of reference material.
The ultimate idea of the site was to illustrate as many species of British moths as possible and to provide this information in an accessible format. Over 2500 species have been recorded in the British Isles, and currently 2255 of these are illustrated, featuring 7217 photographs.
If you have good quality photos of British moths or lifecycle stages not yet featured on UKMoths and would like to contribute, please check the guidelines for contributors.
What UKMoths visitors are saying
I've been catching and photographing the moths that come into the house then letting them go and your website has been invaluable to identifying them Thank you so much...
A brilliant site where would we be without it one of my first points of reference...
Just found your brilliant resource For a non-specialist the keywording is great and enabled me to ID the numerous moths that have been appearing over the past three weeks in my home office towards dusk The Brown House-moth fits the bill exactly...
Hi Ian I have used this site a few times and have found it to be most useful Thanks Ian Hardy...
Totally wonderful site You have helped me identify species I am a total novice but learning fairly rapidly despite advancing years If I can't find it in my reference books you are always my first and only choice Thank you seems far to small a thing to say but THANK...
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