Pictures of moths found in uk. Alessandro says this moth is often found where rosebay willowherb is present in places like grassland hedgerows heathland sand dunes woodland and gardens. Angle shades moth this beautiful moth is most often seen between may and october but could be spotted in any month. Gypsy moth caterpillars have a very distinctive pattern of raised bumps that no other caterpillar has. Identify moths encourage butterflies to visit your garden whether you have a small city patch or acres of fields you can encourage butterflies to visit your garden by planting nectar rich flowers and shrubs like buddleia ivy daisies and primroses for them to feed on throughout the seasons even a few flowers in a windowbox will do the.
Created over a period of 18 months the images were. It is found in a variety of habitats across the uk and ireland including urban areas. Artist sarah gillespie has created an intricate series of mezzotints to highlight the plight of moths whose numbers are declining in the uk. The elephant hawkmoth has unmistakable pink and olive green wings.
Moths and butterflies are in the order lepidoptera from the greek for scales on their wings the scales making up the colours and patterns. Moths dont have the clubbed antennae that most butterflies have. If the caterpillar you have found has this pattern of raised spiny bumps then there is no question that you found a gypsy moth caterpillar. Found throughout the uk with a patchier distribution in the north.
There are some 2500 species of moth in the uk. The hawker hind a british light bomber of the inter war years produced by hawker aircraft for the royal air force and developed from the hawker hart day bomber introduced in 1931. Over 2500 species have been recorded in the british isles and currently 2261 of these are illustrated featuring 7271 photographs. 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.
Following the outbreak of world war two the hind found use as a training aircraft representing the next step up from basic training on tiger moths.