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Brian Clegg - 28 April 2008
very good site just started looking for moths found site very helpfull
Brian Clegg - 27 April 2008
JUST FOUND THIS SITE WILL TRY TO IDENTIFY MOTHS PHOTOS IN MY COLLECTION
alan gunn - 18 April 2008
a easy to use site for beginners
david Hewson - 15 April 2008
This is the most wonderful web site and a great credit to all those who contribute.
It has been the most invaluable tool for identification.
Thank you.
It has been the most invaluable tool for identification.
Thank you.
Dr Grace O\\ - 8 April 2008
Really useful site for the beginner. Great pictures and very helpful information.
William Risk - 6 April 2008
Mr Kimber, I have had three enjoyable visits to the site 05/04/08 x 2 & also today 06/04. You may recall I asked you some time ago for help in naming some moths and you replied that you would do so. I have managed to name some myself,with failure in others. I will forward a CD to you with return postage in about two weeks time after I have returned from a photographic holiday to East Anglia (third visit)staying at the Maples in Fakenham. I will require your address if you would be so kind as to email it to me.
Thank You. Bye Now
Willie Risk.
Thank You. Bye Now
Willie Risk.
Philip Jewess - 3 April 2008
Sarah - check out the bee flies Bombylius spp., probably Bombylius major. This is an early spring species that agrees with what you describe. Unlike the hummingbird and bee hawk moths, the antennae are very small. Although not obvious, like all flies it only has one pair of wings.
Sarah - 2 April 2008
I believe that I have seen a bee hawk moth in my garden today. However, I am not entirely certain, as it appeared to be of a single - light brown- colour and there were no marginal stripes on its body. I thought it was a bumblebee at first, but its body was not segmented and it reminded me of the hummingbird hawk moths that are common in my garden in the Summer (I live in East Kent). It was smaller than the hummingbird hawk moth and had small, clear wings but the same straight proboscis.
Can anyone confirm, this identification or at least give an opinion? Sorry, no photo, I didn't have my camera with me. Today was very warm - 17C at midday in Canterbury but I understand that sightings of the bee hawk moth( if that is what it is) are unusual at this time of year and uncommon in gardens - even though we have broadleaved woodland in the area.
Thanks for your help.
Can anyone confirm, this identification or at least give an opinion? Sorry, no photo, I didn't have my camera with me. Today was very warm - 17C at midday in Canterbury but I understand that sightings of the bee hawk moth( if that is what it is) are unusual at this time of year and uncommon in gardens - even though we have broadleaved woodland in the area.
Thanks for your help.
Gillian Smart - 2 April 2008
I always double-check on this website anything I've identified using the book.
Rowan Alder - 16 March 2008
Great sight i have been interested in moths for a while now and find this sight so helpful but i need some help last night i woke up hearing that one of my lime hawkmoths had hatched out in to an adult from its pupa i was wondering do i need to feed this anything to keep it alive i also have emperor moths, Large whites (the butterfly) and some other pupa which i cant identify do i need to feed these as adults please contact me on my email address?
Andy Merritt - 9 February 2008
I started trapping moths last year & found this website very useful for identification of moths, particularly micros & plume moths.
Han Derks - 8 February 2008
very usefull
Gordon Elder - 28 January 2008
I should like to say thankyou for a very informative site. I use the site for teaching mathematics and find most of the site very helpful to the subject and my interest. I am sorry for the way that I use the site but I do encourage others to make choices and, perhaps in their future they may join. I, at the moment do not feel that I can constructively develop the Society but hope to in the near future, even if it is in an ambasadorial way.
I should like to see a mapping of the distribution of various moths in the country on your site and, perhaps, a time-line of the months of the year when eggs, pupae, juveniles and adults appear through the year.
My family and I have enjoyed setting up moth evenings and have started to map a site of our area. It is still very much in its infancy.
Yours, Gordon Elder
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I should like to see a mapping of the distribution of various moths in the country on your site and, perhaps, a time-line of the months of the year when eggs, pupae, juveniles and adults appear through the year.
My family and I have enjoyed setting up moth evenings and have started to map a site of our area. It is still very much in its infancy.
Yours, Gordon Elder
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winston plowes - 22 January 2008
what a great resource this is. I look forward to using it more as the sprng months arrive and the moths with them! Winston
Dave - 14 January 2008
Nigel Whinney has published two photographs now that he is taking credit for. These are in fact \"borrowed\" from another site.
flavour - 2 January 2008
i found this website very unhelpful in my quest to find out the lifespan of a moth that had multiplied and died in my ikea lamp, because it was trapped by a club flyer.
Moira - 15 December 2007
An amazing website and the best moth source I've found. You are now saved to my Favourites. Keep up the great work and many thanks.
william risk - 9 December 2007
I've had an enjoyable visit to your site. I am trying to identify some moths which I have photographed during the past year, which I will giving to the Scottish Wildlife Trust. We have a speaker giving a talk to our local S W T meeting on 11/12/07, about moths, if he is unable to help me I would be grateful if you could do so. The identification is not required urgently.
Thank You
William Risk.
Thank You
William Risk.
Richard Eves - 6 December 2007
'Just found your wonderful website. Willing to contribute as and when the opportunity arises. Unfortunately,I still use film but I note that can still use them.
Daniel Bennett - 6 December 2007
Fantastic site - at last I can have a go at tackling the myriad of micros in the trap that I was too daunted by before I discovered this site! I think a consise and clear indication, in the thumbnails header for each family/subfamily, of the number of species covered by the photographs and the number of species missing photos. Whilst you can get this from the systematic list it is not easy because some species are repeated (you can't just count the total). It would help with ID - if you come across a species that doesn't quite fit you will know it is probably one of the missing ones. It will also encourage people to seek new photos! Hope this helps.
Ken Murray - 29 November 2007
Ian Hi
Have trawled extensively through Lewington's guide and try as I may, I cannot find any Noctuidae to compare. I live adjacent to deciduous woodland, Epping Forest. The moth in question was attracted to my moth trap usihg a mercury vapour lamp during October.If necessary I can obtain the exact date if required, can you supply me with an e-mail address for jpeg attachment.
Regards
Ken Murray
Have trawled extensively through Lewington's guide and try as I may, I cannot find any Noctuidae to compare. I live adjacent to deciduous woodland, Epping Forest. The moth in question was attracted to my moth trap usihg a mercury vapour lamp during October.If necessary I can obtain the exact date if required, can you supply me with an e-mail address for jpeg attachment.
Regards
Ken Murray
Jan Morgan - 28 November 2007
Great site/resource. Unfortunately I didn't find the one I was looking for. This is all the more annoying as I've seen them around lots of times and I know that somewhere I have a book with its picture in. I'll keep searching.
Keith Taylor - 18 November 2007
Very good site but could not find the one i was looking for, i took a picture of what i think is a moth but not sure,i would like to find out just what it is if anyone can help, i have pictures of it if anyone is interested, please feel free to email and i will send you the pictures.
tina bithell - 16 November 2007
CAN YOU HELP I SAW A LARGE (ABOUT 4INCHES LONG) DARK GREY MOTH AND WHEN IT FLEW AWAY IT HAD SCARLET UNDERNEATHITS WING . I LIVE IN BLACKPOOL LANCASHIRE. wHAT WAS IT?
Pat Armstrong - 14 November 2007
God bless you for having such an interesting and informative site - why the apparent hyperbole? Am disabled, with MS in pain and desperately ill for several years, - got invaded by moths, situation dire, ability to resolve situation weak and sporadic at best; first priority identify pests - asked Natl Hist Mus - smug Coleopterist no help (lepidopterists absent) - tried web, wasted money; then v ill again for months. Tried again, and got (through various refererrals) to your site: keyword search brilliant! Five moths identified within a couple of minutes! Photographs most impressive as well as informative. Will return again when have more time just to learn more - and look at your sponsors!
Please accept my heartfelt thanks!
Please accept my heartfelt thanks!
Jamie Fitz - 10 November 2007
Hey moth lovers of the world. Recently i have purchased a computer and now i have the internet where hopefully i can discuss all the moths of love! The moths in my area of Dorset are stunning. They are my best friends. They live in my house and i like them alot! Im glad can now interact with other moth lovers like myself.
Ever since i was a boy moths have been my friends! I go out daily with my notebook and take down sightings as they come around!
Hope to be a face in the community soon!
Thanks
Jamie Fitz
THE MOTH MASTER!
Ever since i was a boy moths have been my friends! I go out daily with my notebook and take down sightings as they come around!
Hope to be a face in the community soon!
Thanks
Jamie Fitz
THE MOTH MASTER!
John Millar - 9 November 2007
As a generalist in my interests in natural history I sometimes find identification of species frustrating. UKmoths is a marvellous facility for encouraging my enthusiasm.
Christine Oatley - 20 October 2007
Excellent site....saved to my favourites! Thank you.
Heather Irvine - 18 October 2007
I'm so pleased there is so much dedication on here - I spotted my first Sycamore Moth larva a couple of weeks back, then blow me if mother didn't find another bright yellow specimen also! Down in mid Devon of all places. Fabulous!
Fantastic site, will no doubt be back to check further identifications.
Fantastic site, will no doubt be back to check further identifications.
Celia Hart - 14 October 2007
Thanks for the images, which I have printed out for my own reference as a gardener. I took a Brugmansia leaf, partially eaten to the RHS show last week at Victoria, London, to seek advice. As many of my plants this year have been devastated by insects I wanted to know which were the culprits. They gave me a leaflet called 'Some caterpllar pests', which included the winter, mottled umber and March moths. Now I know what I need to look for!
Celia Hart
Milton Keynes
Celia Hart
Milton Keynes