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Stockley Park
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About 1-2mm wide.
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25th May 2004 Stockley Park |
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25th June 2004 - Same Moth. Stockley Park |
17th June 2007 Fineshade Woods |
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8th June 2007 (~1cm) Barnhill |
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30th July 2003 Kenton |
10th August 2004 Kenton |
31st October 2004 Kenton |
2nd August 2005 Kenton |
15th August 2008 Kenton |
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17th August 2008 - Same Moth. Kenton |
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This moth is about 3cm long and the males and females look quite different in colour / patterning.
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27th May 2005 - Same Moth. Kenton |
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Looks similar to the White Shouldered House Moth but the patterns are slightly different.
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4th August 2008 - Same Moth Kenton |
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7th June 2008 Barnhill |
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7th June 2004 Kenton |
8th August 2008 Kenton |
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9th June 2006 Catfield |
This moth, approximately 3cm in size tends to appear in the same areas that the Burnet appears.
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4th June 2003 Stockley Park |
24th May 2004 Stockley Park |
27th May 2004 Stockley Park |
27th May 2004 Stockley Park |
24th May 2007 Horsenden Hill |
2nd June 2007 Barnhill |
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16th August 2004 - Same Moth. Kenton |
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A 1cm moth that I found on a hedge.
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22nd April 2007 - Same Moth (Male). Kenton |
27th April 2007 - Same Moth (Male). Kenton |
11th May 2008 - Male. Kenton |
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8th June 2007 Park Wood |
8th June 2007 Park Wood |
10th June 2007 Glapthorne Cow Pasture |
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7th June 2004 Stockley Park |
2nd June 2007 Barnhill |
10th June 2007 Glapthorne Cow Pasture |
19th July 2007 Horsenden Hill |
31st May 2008 Seven Barrows |
24th June 2008 Horsenden Hill |
This is a large and pretty moth about 3-4cm in size. Both the larvae and the adult are striking, and unmistakeable once familiar with it. The adult is nocturnal, but can be found during the day.
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21st July 2003 - Larvae. Stockley Park |
26th May 2004 - Same Moth. Stockley Park |
8th June 2004 Stockley Park |
9th June 2004 Stockley Park |
14th June 2004 Stockley Park |
15th July 2004 - Larva. Stockley Park |
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16th July 2004 - Larva. Stockley Park |
16th July 2004 - Larvae. Stockley Park |
29th May 2005 Lasham Airfield |
7th July 2005 Barnhill |
7th July 2005 Barnhill |
10th July 2007 Grove Farm |
21st July 2007 Barnhill |
21st July 2007 Barnhill |
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3rd June 2007 Sharpenhoe Clappers Nature Reserve |
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15th May 2006 Aldbury Nowers Nature Reserve |
15th May 2006 Aldbury Nowers Nature Reserve |
11th August 2007 Oakley Wood |
31st May 2008 Seven Barrows |
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10th June 2006 - Same Moth. Kenton |
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16th June 2006 Chobham Common |
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27th June 2005 Kenton |
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10th June 2007 - Same Moth. Glapthorne Cow Pasture Nature Reserve |
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Note that this moth is very similar to the Svensson's Copper Underwing (Amphipyra berbera). So there is a chance that it could be that.
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6th August 2008 - Same Moth. Kenton |
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8th June 2004 Stockley Park |
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22nd June 2004 - Same Moth. Stockley Park |
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1st July 2007 - Same Moth. Horsenden Hill |
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10th August 2004 Kenton |
17th August 2004 Kenton |
16th August 2008 Kenton |
16th August 2008 Kenton |
17th August 2008 Kenton |
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27th June 2005 Kenton |
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8th August 2008 - Same Moth. Kenton |
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18th April 2005 - Same Moth. Kenton |
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27th June 2005 Kenton |
8th August 2008 - Same Moth. Kenton |
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About 2-3cm long, and looks rather similar to the Six-Spot Burnet moth. The red spots seem almost transparent and in the sun are particularly eye catching against the dark body. When it opens its wings the scarlet red hind wings are revealed. Note that it is possible some of these could be the Narrow Bordered Five Spot Burnet (Zygaena lonicerae). I have not yet conclusively determined the difference between the two species, so all the pics are here for now.
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8th July 2004 - Same Moth. Stockley Park |
7th July 2005 - Same Moth. Barnhill |
27th June 2006 Barnhill |
27th June 2007 Horsenden Hill |
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1st July 2007 - Same Moth. Horsenden Hill |
17th June 2008 Horsenden Hill |
17th June 2008 - Same Moth. Horsenden Hill |
23rd June 2008 - Same Mating Pair. Horsenden Hill |
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1st July 2007 Horsenden Hill |
This tiny moth is about 2mm wide and has striking white stripes across its back.
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27th May 2004 Stockley Park |
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25th May 2008 Seven Barrows |
Small (~1cm) moth with very long antennae (especially the males). These ones seen in swarms around Oak trees and Hawthorn bushes.
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12th April 2007 - Male Horsenden Hill |
12th April 2007 - Male Horsenden Hill |
17th April 2007 - Male Grove Farm |
21st April 2007 - Male Ivinghoe Beacon Nature Reserve |
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28th June 2006 Park Wood |
1st June 2007 Park Wood |
8th June 2007 Park Wood |
9th June 2008 Horsenden Hill |
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7th June 2004 Kenton |
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16th June 2004 Stockley Park |
A 0.5cm moth that can be found resting on or under Horse Chestnut leaves.
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22nd April 2007 - Same Moth. Kenton |
22nd April 2007 Kenton |
27th April 2007 - Same Moth. Kenton |
1st August 2007 Kenton |
1st August 2007 Kenton |
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A pretty 2cm moth.
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2nd June 2006 - Same moth Denbies Hillside Nature Reserve |
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22nd June 2005 Gunnersbury Park |
17th June 2007 Glapthorn Cow Pasture |
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4th July 2005 Kenton |
This moth and the Treble Bar (Aplocera plagiata) moth are hard to tell apart.
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14th May 2006 Aldbury Nowers Nature Reserve |
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1st July 2007 - Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes) Horsenden Hill |
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7th June 2004 - Male Kenton |
9th August 2004 - Female Kenton |
26th May 2005 - Same Moth (Male). Kenton |
20th May 2008 - Male Horsenden Hill |
6th August 2008 - Female Kenton |
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This is a huge moth at aprox 6cm across. Those wings and its shape give me the impression of a cross between a bat and a stealth fighter rather than a moth.
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7th June 2004 Stockley Park |
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11th August 2004 Kenton |
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8th August 2004 Kenton |
11th August 2004 Kenton |
16th August 2008 - Same Moth. Kenton |
20th August 2008 Kenton |
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30th August 2008 - Same Moth. Kenton |
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31st May 2004 Barnhill |
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12th August 2008 Horsenden Hill |
Similar in size (~3cm) to the Burnet Companion but lighter in colour and intricately patterned.
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26th May 2004 - Same Moth. Stockley Park |
10th May 2006 Ivinghoe Beacon Nature Reserve |
14th May 2006 Aldbury Nowers Nature Reserve |
3rd June 2006 Bison Hill Nature Reserve |
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This is about 6cm in size and can be quite variable in appearance.
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26th June 2005 Lasham Airfield |
This particular ~2cm moth is sexually dimorphic. Males are brown and females are white.
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17th May 2007 - Same Moth (Female). Horsenden Hill |
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A moth similar in size and dimensions to the Green Longhorn but dark with a white stripe.
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10th June 2007 Glapthorne Cow Pasture |
A ~0.5cm moth often seen around Nettle clumps.
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7th June 2008 Barnhill |
7th June 2008 Barnhill |
28th July 2008 Oversley Wood |
19th September 2008 Barnhill |
Approximately 1.5cm long with crossing diagonal white stripes across its wings.
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10th August 2004 Kenton |
11th August 2004 - Same Moth. Kenton |
19th August 2008 Kenton |
20th August 2008 Kenton |
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26th May 2005 - Same Moth. Kenton |
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22nd June 2004 - Same Caterpillar. Stockley Park |
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2nd June 2004 Stockley Park |
2nd June 2004 Stockley Park |
This moth kind of reminds me of a vintage fixed wing aircraft, because of the way its wings stick out sideways.
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11th July 2003 - Same Moth (2-3cm across). Stockley Park |
11th June 2004 Stockley Park |
16th June 2004 Stockley Park |
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This is a huge moth at aprox 6cm across.
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12th July 2006 Friern Barnet, North London |
A small 1-2cm neon purple and gold moth that inhabits heath land.
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23rd July 2008 Chobham Common |
Pyrausta aurata and Pyrausta purpuralis are very similar. It's possible this could be P. purpuralis.
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7th August 2003 Kenton |
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14th May 2006 Aldbury nowers Nature Reserve |
Pyrausta aurata and Pyrausta purpuralis are very similar. P. purpuralis is identified in this case by the cream spots on the hindwings above the cream lines. If these spots are not visible then it is hard to tell the two species apart.
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9th May 2008 Totternhoe Knolls |
At about 3cm across this moth comes in 2 forms - one with a dark band across its wings, and plainer one with just a pair of thin lines across the wings.
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27th June 2005 - Same Moth. Kenton |
20th July 2005 Kenton |
24th July 2005 Lasham Airfield |
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This caterpillar is approx 2cm long.
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10th October 2007 - Same Caterpillar Aboyne Airfield |
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1st July 2007 - Same Moth. Horsenden Hill |
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A 2-3cm moth with markings that look a bit like the hebrew letter 'Nun'.
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19th September 2008 - Same Moth. Kenton |
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11th July 2005 Crooked Mile |
14th July 2007 Sharpenhoe Clappers |
Very similar to Common Carpet but with a whiter ground colour.
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26th June 2008 Kenton |
10th August 2008 - Same Moth. Aston Rowant |
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4th June 2003 Stockley Park |
7th June 2004 - Same Moth. Stockley Park |
9th June 2004 Stockley Park |
28th August 2005 Bicester Airfield |
14th July 2007 Sharpenhoe Clappers |
24th June 2008 Horsenden Hill |
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1st August 2007 Kenton |
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8th July 2004 - Same Moth. Stockley Park |
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25th June 2004 - Same Moth. Stockley Park |
10th July 2007 Grove Farm |
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About 2-3cm long, and looks rather similar to the Five-Spot Burnet moth. The red spots seem almost transparent and in the sun are particularly eye catching against the dark body. When it opens its wings the scarlet red hind wings are revealed.
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10th July 2003 Stockley Park |
18th July 2005 Sharpenhoe Clappers Nature Reserve |
18th July 2005 - 2 Moths Mating. Sharpenhoe Clappers |
22nd July 2005 - Same Moth. Lasham Airfield |
14th July 2007 Sharpenhoe Clappers |
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1st August 2007 Horsenden Hill |
4th August 2007 - Same Moth Bald Hill, Aston Rowant |
3rd July 2008 Horsenden Hill |
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2-3cm in size, with its shape and vein crossing all 4 wings in line being its primary characteristics.
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3rd September 2005 Kenton |
26th June 2007 Kenton |
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16th June 2004 Kenton |
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18th May 2007 - Same Moth. Holme Dunes NNR |
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25th May 2006 Sharpenhoe Clappers Nature Reserve |
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16th May 2007 Horsenden Hill |
17th May 2007 Horsenden Hill |
20th May 2008 - Same Moth. Horsenden Hill |
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2nd June 2006 Tugley Wood Nature Reserve |
2nd June 2006 Tugley Wood Nature Reserve |
23rd May 2008 Park Corner Heath |
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31st May 2004 Barnhill |
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28th August 2005 Bicester Airfield |
30th August 2008 - Same Moth. Kenton |
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Approx 1.5cm long moth.
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1st June 2007 Park Wood |
1st June 2007 Park Wood |
8th June 2007 Park Wood |
24th June 2008 Horsenden Hill |
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10th August 2004 - Same Moth. Kenton |
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27th May 2005 Kenton |
6th August 2008 Kenton |
20th August 2008 Kenton |
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1st July 2007 - Same Moth. Horsenden Hill |
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The name comes from the caterpillar's habit of drinking dew drops. The caterpillar can be more than 4cm long by it's final instar.
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4th May 2005 Sharpenhoe Clappers |
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17th June 2007 - Same Moth. Fineshade Woods |
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The Treble Bar and Lesser Treble bar are hard to tell apart.
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28th August 2005 Bicester Airfield |
29th August 2005 Bicester Airfield |
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22nd April 2007 - 0.5cm early instar caterpillar on the underside of a Horse Chestnut leaf Kenton |
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1st July 2007 - Same Moth. Horsenden Hill |
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26th May 2005 Kenton |
19th August 2008 Kenton |
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27th November 2006 - Male Kenton |
14th December 2006- Male Kenton |
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18th June 2004 Stockley Park |
21st June 2004 Stockley Park |
15th July 2004 Stockley Park |
11th August 2004 Kenton |
3rd June 2007 Sharpenhoe Clappers Nature Reserve |
16th August 2008 - Same Moth. Kenton |
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23rd July 2005 - Same Moth (Male). Lasham Airfield |
17th June 2007 Fermyn Woods |
17th June 2007 - Same Caterpillar. Fineshade Woods |
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