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becky - 18 June 2004

I was wondering if any one could help me!
There is a pink and green moth in my garden with white legs. It is about 1 and a half inches long! i was just wondering if you cold help me identify it. thanks

Becky: try Elephant Hawk-moth. Cheers, Ian.

donna greenaway - 17 June 2004

Really great I was ousting an unusual moth from the kitchen and thought it might be helpfull to record its presence so happened upon this website to identify it but as I have little knowledge no name to give it or place! I shall continue my search and am interested to return here now I FOUND IT..

Rufus Blake Goodman - 17 June 2004

I would like to identify a moth seen in a friends garden. I took a couple of photos and will try to e-mail these to you in a day or two.

Many thanks.

Rufus

a godfrey - 17 June 2004

a very clear and informative site,well laid out and easy to use.

Jeni Ross - 17 June 2004

Thank you! A wonderfully clear site, easy to navigate and I found the moth I was looking to identify in a few minutes. - It was a common emerald. Moths are difficult to find a comprehensive book on without spending a lot of money so I was delighted to find you! I will certainly bookmark the site and use it again!

Jeni

susan jalland - 16 June 2004

I now live in Brittany, having moved from inner city Birmingham, and am absolutly excited by the amazing wildlife i am seeing.
You have helped me to identify the amazing Garden Tiger moth which i found on my window sill.
Thank you for a great site which i will be visiting again,and again.......
sue jalland

Thomas Burnett - 16 June 2004

found a moth today at work and rescued it from getting crushed in machinery, i brought it home to identify and through your helpful site have discovered it is an Elephant Hawk moth, I live just south of Edinburgh, seem's these lovely little creatures are moving North.

Martin Watson - 16 June 2004

I looked on this site because I saw a very large and unusual moth (with a very wierd, curved \"body\") sunning itself on the stalk of some sorrel in my garden in Lincolnshire. Having looked at the pictures it looks like it was an Oleander Hawk Moth. I have vinca in my garden, so maybe this was the attraction.

L. Kelly - 15 June 2004

Many thanks for such a wonderful site. I have found the names of 2 moths which I had never seen before. Keep up the good work.

Paul Svenson - 15 June 2004

Well laid out, good description-location in geographic sense very important to the layman-with excellent photo's and identification pointers.

Bob Cavanagh - 14 June 2004

While walking our dogs on the NT Godolphin Estate, Cornwall, we came across a most handsome red moth fluttering by, gently. A quick look at your very informative website established that it was a Cinnabar. Thanks for posting such a vast array of information - it's a great help.

shona ives - 14 June 2004

Very good, informative site. Only just getting started - need all the help I can get!
Thank you.

Nionka velcheva - 14 June 2004

It is a pleasure

Pete Rowberry - 14 June 2004

Thanks for an amazing resource. I am very new to moth trapping and need the help of such a comprehensive site to help me get started.

PeteR

Adrian Peirson - 13 June 2004

Wasn;t quite what I was looking for, Info on Gypsy Moth Aircraft but an intersting site anyway./....Gave me an idea of an outing for my kids this summer anyway, to a local butterfly 'farm'......

Nigel - 11 June 2004

I read with interest comments about the Hummingbird Hawkmoth as I spotted one earlier today (June 11th)at Llangynidr, Powys. It was the first time I had seen this moth and was captivated by the way it flew and fed from flowers.

Mel - 11 June 2004

To Alison your moth seems to be a hummingbird hawk-moth which I saw for the first time last year in Suffolk. Last night I saw a large moth which I could not identify. Thanks to UKmoths I now believe it to be an Eyed Hawk-moth or Poplar hawk-moth. I took two flash photographs whilst it was at rest which I can now compare with the photos on this site. Thank you.

Sarah Watson - 11 June 2004

saw unusual moth and came to your site to try and recognise it. wonderful photographs - showing how few moths I did recognise and inspiring me to look more closeley at them in tbe future.

Alison - 11 June 2004

Can anyone help. A friend who lives on the south coast of Devon has just seen (1st week in June)something she didnt recognise feeding off a plant. She was completely baffled - its my idea that it was a month. She said that the \"bum\" was black and white, that it had a very long proboscis which she watched it using to get nectar, and that in her words \"it was the nearest thing to a hummingbird you would see in this country\". Any ideas! Thanks.

nev willimott. - 9 June 2004

thanks for helping me identify a Cinnabar moth.
maybe not a national rarerity, but i enjoyed it.
i wonder what could be the next ?

Debbie Samuel - 9 June 2004

With the help of someone I know I found your website today and I have learned about Pyraustra Aurata and have added it to the logbook I keep for the garden during the summer.

It was a beautiful photograph of the moth.

Meryl - 9 June 2004

I FOUND WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A BUTTERFLY ON MY HOUSE WALL YESTERDAY.ONLY TO FIND IT IS A VERY PRETTY MOTH. (THE CINNABAR).I HAVE ALWAYS HAD AN INTEREST IN BUTTERFLIES, I AM KNOW STARTING TO GET AN INTEREST IN MOTHS TOO.

Elaine - 8 June 2004

I found an unusual moth which sounds similar to the one Jason found (6th June entry) I'm sure it is an Angle Shade moth, I had never heard of it but looked it up and that's what it appears to be, looks like it is wearing army camoflage! I'm in Northumberland near the coast.

David Hardaker - 8 June 2004

Thanks for this brilliant website which helped me id White satin Moth on the north Mersey sand dunes. I was lucky enough to be on site on the evening of the 7/6/04 to see dozens emerge together out of pupation from salix repens.

Victor Hugo - 7 June 2004

Adorei este site estas informa?oes me ajudaram bastante para minhas pesquisas,obrigado

Beverley Jones - 6 June 2004

We live in Fife in Scotland In the Central belt, our cat brought us in a very unusual present This Evening (An Elephant Hawk Moth) which is thought to be only resident in the South of Scotland. Dateb of entry 06/06/2004.

Jason Lainchbury - 6 June 2004

Could you please help me identify a moth that I spotted in my garden. It's wings had simular markings to that of army camoflage which I have never seen before.

I would be interested to hear back from you.

Thank you

Jason

fred - 5 June 2004

There is a moth I can't find collins guidebook
It is dark brown 3.5cm wingspan
has a darker eye on each wing
3 white spots on each forewing
Very distinctive fine white line across rear wings madeof smaller white spots
Please help me identify this moth

Win - 5 June 2004

Thankyou for identifying the Privet Hawk moth for me. Beautiful creature.

yorkpete - 5 June 2004

A white irmine moth flew into my house in London and I wondered what it was - now I know! Thank you, useful site (and nicely designed).

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