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shane from ely - 12 July 2008
hi would just like to say what a totally kewl site!!i work nites in a factory with big roll doors this time of year they are always open,so we see a lot of moths an using your site helps us identify them,it helps keep our interest in work whrn pulling a long shift lol!!!thanks again.oh btw we have seen just about all of the moths in starters top 20!!!shane.
Gareth - 12 July 2008
I work at a hotel in kettering, Northants and weve had a wooden table proped up against the wall outside. on the 11/7/08 one of our chefs noticed there was a moth laying eggs on the table. after researching your website i found it to be a leopard moth. how long does it take for the eggs to hatch and is there anything i can do to help their survival?
Gill Waldron - 11 July 2008
My cat bought in a wonderful moth last night with a wing span of about 90 mm. My first thought was to get it off her and let it go which I did before she ate it, so was not able to study it in detail but I am guessing it could have been a Lime Hawk Moth or a Popular Hawk Moth. It was camaflouged looking, and I may be wrong but it had a broad head and I could see what appeared to be big eyes..or markings maybe.
Coming on your site to identify it has certainly stirred and interest in me.
Coming on your site to identify it has certainly stirred and interest in me.
Rosie - 10 July 2008
As everyone else says - what a great site, thank you. I just found a Dark Umber - took about two minutes to find it here after an hour looking through my books & the rest of the web. Book-marking right now.
Jordan - 10 July 2008
found a swallow-tailed moth at my bedroom window trying to get out of the rain , let it in and got some good pictures
Roma Fiddes, in Aberdeenshire - 9 July 2008
Found a lovely green moth on the north facing wall of the house yesterday. Looked up green striped moths and was delighted to identify it as green arches, Anaplectoides prasina.
Jean - 9 July 2008
A large green moth has been on my window for about the last 4 hours. Thanks to UKmoths website I now know it is a Large Emerald - I've never seen one before. It is still there, and was briefly joined by an even bigger brown and cream coloured moth which flew away before I could get a good look at it. Thank you for helping me identify the green one.
Tony Marfell - 8 July 2008
A while ago I found a rather nondescript but interestingly patterned moth in my garden. After trawling through hundreds of pictures on the internet I lost the will to live and gave up trying to identify it.
Yesterday I found another moth that I'd not seen before in the garden and wasn't in the few basic books that I have. With some trepidation I came to your site but on seeing the keyword search my spirits lifted a little. This might help I thought. Imagine my delight when after inputting \"white 3 lines\" the little beauty came up as the very first suggestion!
Always dissapointing to find that that it's quite common, it's even called the Common White Wave just to rub it in but it's new to me and I'll know it next time.
Thanks for a very useful site.
Yesterday I found another moth that I'd not seen before in the garden and wasn't in the few basic books that I have. With some trepidation I came to your site but on seeing the keyword search my spirits lifted a little. This might help I thought. Imagine my delight when after inputting \"white 3 lines\" the little beauty came up as the very first suggestion!
Always dissapointing to find that that it's quite common, it's even called the Common White Wave just to rub it in but it's new to me and I'll know it next time.
Thanks for a very useful site.
Dave Buckley - 7 July 2008
I came across a moth i'd not seen before and took a few photo's , thanks to this site i was able to identify it as Leopard Moth (Zeuzera pyrina).I should mention this was in Hull, E Yorks. Regards D Buckley
Richard Haines - 5 July 2008
I used your site today to indentify a blury picture of a Herald moth taken on my mobile phone in mid Devon. i spotted it in a hedge sheltering from the rain. it was the very prominent white stripe i spotted first. Thanks for your help.
richard mitchell - 4 July 2008
Emmelina monadactyla- Type of plume moth.
Thank you very much,i wondered what this was for 20 years.
Thank you very much,i wondered what this was for 20 years.
sarah and rob williams-allen - 4 July 2008
Saw an amazing moth in glastonbury a few days ago on a shop window ledge, took some pics thinking it was a rare find!!! Checked it out on ur website to find that its quite a common elephant hawk moth!!! but none the less ur website helped us thanks x
Jim Driver - 3 July 2008
Great site, thankyou. Often find Moths in my shed, feed them with a honey solution which they seem fond of, not sure if right thing to do ? Never realised they were so many and colourfull! garden is full of flowers, guess this attracts them? Jim, North norfolk.
Ann Hennessey - 2 July 2008
I am regulary putting my moth trap out and recording my results, I would like to submit them to the local recorder. I live in Santon Downham, Brandon, Suffolk IP27 0TL Thank you Ann
Adam Poole - 1 July 2008
Just a quick note to say what an amazing site. As others have previously commented, I can now start identifying those micro moths that I never dared look at before!
Darrin Hawkins - 1 July 2008
I found a moth resting in our bathroom this morning. Stunning pastel yellow colour with faint brown bars on its wings. 1 minute on your website showed it to be a Swallow tailed moth. Absolutely stunning, I was surprised to see a moth so large. Brilliant website, exactly how they should be constructed and so easy to use.
Dianna - 30 June 2008
I was just wondering...I sometimes get moths in the house when I leave the windows open during the hot summer nights...the thing is why when I capture one, two appear? I captured one last night with a glass and when I released it two flew out! This also happened when my sister captured one in her hand and released it! I can't find any information as to why this happens, it's very strange. If anyone can tell me that would be great as I'm very curious about it. The moths are the brown kind, that's all I know!
Kain - 30 June 2008
Well done of such a very fascinating site. I found a moth this morning on my ceiling which I have never seen before, I looked on your top 20 and found it was a Swallow-tailed Moth! Stunning little creature!
Rob James - 26 June 2008
White plume moth. Found this moth in my garden today. I have not seen one like it before. Took less than a minute to identify it. Thanks
Christine Callaghan - 26 June 2008
I live in Essex and came upon an enormous moth while out doing someone's garden today. I have no knowledge of moths at all but this was larger than anything I have seen before and so I was intrigued to find out what it was called. Thought it would be 'mission impossible' but am very pleased to have been able to identify it as a Privet Hawk-moth, and all within about 5 minutes using your extremely user friendly site. Thank you.
Graham Masters - 25 June 2008
Can anyone help? While walking in a cliff/quarry area in Dorset recently I saw not one, but three of what appeared to be Narrow Bordered Bee Hawk Moths.
Their foodplants were certainly present in the area, although the habitat seemed odd and I was surprised to see more than one. Are they migrants or resident moths? Thanks
Their foodplants were certainly present in the area, although the habitat seemed odd and I was surprised to see more than one. Are they migrants or resident moths? Thanks
igaboo - 24 June 2008
thank you for this site, i accidentally hurt a moth today, im looking after it so don't worry, but your site helped me find out wat it was. thank you.
francis burnley - 23 June 2008
I discovered a couple of very large moths whilst clearing undergrowth in an overgrown garden in Brampton, Cambridgeshire (23rd June 2008) I believed them to be hawk moths of some description and using your site quickly identified them as privet hawk moths. They were near the ground under a mock orange blossom (Syringa ?). Thanks for your help. I do not have any particular interest in moths, simply in nature generally.
Phil MacMurdie - 23 June 2008
superb site - very useful for identifying moths i would not have otherwise known about.
also great wealth of information.
SUGGESTION
possible new sorting functionality by flight time.
e.i. - whats flying in june....
many thanks
Phil
also great wealth of information.
SUGGESTION
possible new sorting functionality by flight time.
e.i. - whats flying in june....
many thanks
Phil
Darina Ivanova - 22 June 2008
I am a student of agronomy, and I found your site useful when I was preparing for my Entomology exam. Thank you!
I live in Bulgaria, but we have pest insects in common with all European countries. So I've found various European sites useful, and even an American one (especially about the Colorado potato beetle). But only you seem to have a guestbook out of those whose languages I understand (what I needed most were the colour photographs of the insects, and as long as they were accompanied by their Latin binominal names the language of the site didn't matter so much). Thank you once again!
I live in Bulgaria, but we have pest insects in common with all European countries. So I've found various European sites useful, and even an American one (especially about the Colorado potato beetle). But only you seem to have a guestbook out of those whose languages I understand (what I needed most were the colour photographs of the insects, and as long as they were accompanied by their Latin binominal names the language of the site didn't matter so much). Thank you once again!
Human Name: Not Important - 22 June 2008
Great, thanks. I found my first Nemophora-Degreerella today [in Norfolk] and with your site managed to identify it in about 20 seconds. Very helpful.
Hebe Gibbs - 21 June 2008
Great site - found my moth in seconds (only a buff tip but I thought it was great)
John Macdiarmid. - 21 June 2008
I recently saw the Willowherb Hawk-moth Proserpinus proserpina in Cambridgeshire around about the first week of June 2008.
The colouring was distinct and camouflage like which was confirmed by a reference book and your web site.
Seeing the moth count article in the Daily Express 21/06/08 jogged my memory and thought you might be interested.
Regards John Macdiarmid.
The colouring was distinct and camouflage like which was confirmed by a reference book and your web site.
Seeing the moth count article in the Daily Express 21/06/08 jogged my memory and thought you might be interested.
Regards John Macdiarmid.
Jill Crawley - 21 June 2008
I'd like to have some Micro moths identified.
tony - 20 June 2008
moth i have not seen before