Images of common british moths. Common garden moth identification. The six spot burnet is the most common british burnet moth and the only species with six red spots on each forewing. Common white wave. Dark sword grass c2007 innovation.
You can see this moth flying during the day from june to august in flowery grassland woodland and grassy coastal habitats. According to alessandro though some of its spots can be fused making it trickier to identify. British moths small small moths mainly micro moths but some micro moths included on previous page and some macro eg footmen on this one. 1st august 2007 horsenden hill 27th august 2008 horsenden hill 7th august 2016 lethen southeast of nairn.
Where not scientific names shown. 226 common british moths the antennto of the male are doubly fringed for about half their length from the base. Photos for identification of british moths. If you have good quality photos of british moths or lifecycle stages not yet featured on ukmoths and would like to contribute please check the guidelines for contributors.
Even the moths that are brown have intricate patterns and incredible camouflage. 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. The field guide to the moths of great britain and ireland by waring townsend and lewington bloomsbury 40 shows moths in resting positions. Insects great britain.
121the laeva of pykina only partly grown. Click on any green framed image link below to enter the section. Over 2500 species have been recorded in the british isles and currently 2261 of these are illustrated featuring 7271 photographs. Butterflies and moths british.
English common names shown where available.