Different types of british moths. Even the moths that are brown have intricate patterns and incredible camouflage. Night flying moths mainly night flying but can be disturbed in the day. They are tiny with a wingspan of less than 15 cm. There are some 2500 species of moth in the uk.
There are burnet moths with black and red wings tiger moths with beautiful bold patterns and hawk moths that can be as large as your hand. With around 2500 species of moth in the uk theres an amazing amount of diversity to be discovered. They also appear to be furrier and fatter than butterflies. The hawk moths are impressive beautiful creatures and some species can migrate to the uk all the way from north africa.
But much smaller moths also complete amazing feats you might have heard about an invasion of diamond back moths from across the channel. There are over 160000 recorded species of moths across the globe with around 11000 of these being found in the united states and around 2500 being found in the united kingdom. Moths are flying insects in the order of lepidoptera which is also the same order to which butterflies belong. Moth larvae are called caterpillars.
Butterfly conservation is a british charity devoted to saving butterflies moths and their habitats throughout the uk.