Lepidigi
Butterflies of Europe and the Tropics
UK moths, photos from 2021 onwards, in taxonomic order after Bernard Skinner
(References to 'Gubblecote' are to my home near Tring in Hertfordshire, England)
Ghost Moth, female, Dore, Sheffield, 18 June 2022
Common Swift, Gubblecote, 4 July 2021
Orange Swift, Gubblecote, 12 August 2021
December Moth, Gubblecote, 14 December 2021
December Moth, Gubblecote, 9 November 2021
December Moth, as shown in the previous photo
Emperor Moth, Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire, 24 April 2022
Emperor Moth, 43 eggs laid by the insect shown in the previous photo
Emperor Moth caterpillars, nearly fully grown, Gubblecote, 25 June 2022
Buff Arches, Cholesbury, Bucks, 3 July 2021
Peach Blossom, Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire, 25 June 2022
Peach Blossom, Cholesbury, Bucks, 3 July 2021
Figure of Eighty, Gubblecote, 29 May 2021
Figure of Eighty, Gubblecote, 29 May 2021
Frosted Green, Cholesbury, Bucks, 24 April 2022
Frosted Green, Cholesbury, Bucks, 24 April 2022
Chinese Character, Gubblecote, 22 July 2021
Oak Hook-tip, Gubblecote, 22 July 2021
Pebble Hook-tip, Gubblecote, 21 August 2021
Pebble Hook-tip, Gubblecote, 12 August 2021
Pebble Hook-tip, Gubblecote, 7 June 2021
Scalloped Hook-tip, Cholesbury, Bucks, 24 April 2022
Large Emerald, Cholesbury, Bucks, 25 June 2022
Maiden's Blush, Cholesbury, Bucks, 3 July 2021
Maiden's Blush, form with forewing margin 'blotches', Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire, 15 August 2021
March Moth, Gubblecote, 22 March 2022
March Moth, Gubblecote, 16 March 2022
Blood-vein, Gubblecote, 24 June 2022
Least Carpet, Gubblecote, 11 July 2021
Dwarf Cream Wave, Gubblecote, 11 July 2021
Riband Wave, Gubblecote, 26 June 2021
Flame Carpet, Cholesbury, Bucks, 3 July 2021
Garden Carpet, Gubblecote, 1 October, 2021
Garden Carpet, Gubblecote, 11 September 2021
Red Twin-spot Carpet, Gubblecote, 11 June 2021
Shaded Broad-bar, Gubblecote, 26 July 2021
Common Carpet, Gubblecote, 15 June 2021
Common Carpet, day-flying at Incombe Hole, Ivinghoe, Bucks, on 3 June 2021 before settling on bedstraw, its larval host plant. Unfamiliar form.
Yellow-shell with variable hindwing colouration, Gubblecote, 22 July 2021
The Streamer, Cholesbury, Bucks, 24 April 2022
Small Phoenix, Cholesbury, Bucks, 1 May 2022
Red-green Carpet, Gubblecote, 28 October 2021
Red-green Carpet, Gubblecote, 9 October 2021
Red-green Carpet, Cholesbury, Bucks, 8 October 2021
Common Marbled Carpet, Dore, Sheffield, 18 June 2022
Common Marbled Carpet, Gubblecote, 20 May 2022
Common Marbled Carpet, Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire, 25 October 2021, photo courtesy David Dennis
Common Marbled Carpet, Gubblecote, 14 October 2021
Common Marbled Carpet, a somewhat worn member of this very variable species, Gubblecote, 19 September 2021
Barred Yellow, Gubblecote, 24 June 2022