Lepidigi
Butterflies of Europe and the Tropics
Some UK moths
UK moths, 2007 to 2020, in taxonomic order after Bernard Skinner
(References to 'Gubblecote' are to my home in Hertfordshire,England)
Leopard Moth, male, Gubblecote Farm, 22 July 2019
Leopard Moth, as in the previous photo
Ghost Moth, female, Gubblecote, 10 June 2018
Common Swift, Gubblecote, 10 May 2020
Common Swift, Hawridge, Buckinghamshire, 31 May 2020
Orange Swift, male, Gubblecote Farm, 9 August 2019
the same Orange Swift male as in the previous photo
Scarce Forester, Pewsey Downs, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, 2 June 2008. There are 3 species of Forester in the UK and all are difficult to tell apart....
Cistus Forester, Great Orme, Llandudno, North Wales, 25 June 2014. Again, I think this is correctly identified...
Northern (Oak) Eggar larva, Clunes Forest, Argyll, Scotland, 29 May 2011
Northern Eggar, Bingley Moor, West Yorkshire, 3 May 2014
Northern Eggar larva, Rombald's Moor, West Yorkshire, 4 May 2015
December Moth, Cholesbury, Bucks, 25 November 2019
Fox Moth larva, Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, 19 September 2017
Drinker, male, Nebo Bog, Conwy Valley, North Wales, 25 June 2014
Emperor Moth, female, Hog Hill, Bingley Moor, West Yorkshire, 3 May 2018
Emperor Moth, female, underside of the insect shown in the previous photo
Emperor Moths, female (front) and male, at Twistleton Scars, Ingleton, Yorkshire Dales, 13 May 2007
Emperor Moth, male, the UK's only native silk moth shown here and in the next 3 shots on Cholesbury Common, Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, on 5 May 2016
Emperor Moth, male, in full resting pose. (This moth was not found locally but positioned on Cholesbury Common to be photographed)
Emperor Moth, male
Emperor Moth, showing the male underside - note how the wing colouration is reversed from the upperside
Figure of Eighty, Gubblecote, 2 June 2019
Frosted Green, Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire, 15 April 2018
Frosted Green, a variable species, also at Cholesbury, 15 April 2018
Frosted Green, Cholesbury, 15 April 2018
Frosted Green, trapped at Cholesbury, 15 April 2018
Chinese Character, Gubblecote, 4 May 2020
Chinese Character, as in the previous photo
Pebble Hook-tip, Loch Arkaig, Argyll, Scotland, 30 May 2011
Pebble Hook-tip, Cholesbury, Bucks, 15 August 2018
Scalloped Hook-tip, Cholesbury, Bucks, 15 August 2018
Small Emerald, Gubblecote, 3 July 2020
March Moth, Gubblecote, 29 March 2019
March Moth, Gubblecote, 29 March 2019
Blood-vein, faded specimen, Gubblecote, 8 August 2020
Least Carpet, Gubblecote, 17 June 2020
Dwarf Cream Wave, Gubblecote, 10 June 2020
Single-dotted Wave, Gubblecote, 30 July 2020
Treble Brown Spot, Gubblecote, 27 June 2020
Riband Wave, Gubblecote, 27 June 2020
Riband Wave, Gubblecote, 8 August 2020
Silver-ground Carpet, Gubblecote, 18 May 2020
The Mallow, Gubblecote, 29 September 2020
Common Carpet, Gubblecote, 8 August 2020
Red-green Carpet, and friend, Gubblecote, 29 September 2020
Red-green Carpet, Cholesbury, 15 April 2018
Red-green Carpet, Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire, 15 April 2018
Common Marbled Carpet, Gubblecote, 16 June 2018
Common Marbled Carpet, Gubblecote, 10 June 2020