As usual i've discovered a new species of moth!!(until I hear otherwise) Can anyone confirm the identity of the hooktip type moth in Joffs photos. Its got some...
Dear All The annual moth night will be held at WWT Slimbridge on Friday 26 August. This is to show the public the wonders of moths – we normally get 20-40...
Hi, Just went to check my trap before bed and there was a lovely large moth resting on the post by the trap. I've just spent half an hour going through my...
After a week on holiday and two daughters both moving house on the day we returned I'm trying to get back to normality - but am already late starting work this...
Hello Having spent the last 18 hours building up a set of right arm muscles that would grace a shot put champion, I have accepted that my generator needs...
Caught a less common Jersey Tiger yellow form on Portland which has laid me 100+ eggs. Hopefully fertile. Wondered what on earth it was as it flew in the...
I have posted another picture of a possible Epiblema sp. in Tony's Photos (11th Aug) caught in a wood at Througham last week. I wondered if there was enough...
good morning glosmoths - i am having difficulty identifying two of the moths caught this morning - please see my photos - i wonder if any one can help -...
Haven't trapped for a few weeks so was surprised for last night to produce a minor plague of 1331 water veneer. A first for me. also another first, 0015 Orange...
Hi, Is anyone interested in wasps? I thought I'd found a hornet moth, but as it turns out it was a rapidly irritated wasp of some kind! I've put pictures in...
Hello and yes it's a micro-moth, but it looks like this is a very good year to get up close and personal to your local bindweed patch. The moth really does...
Inquest today on a motocross rider who retired early to a tent to sleep with a large generator going nearby outside. Death due to Carbon monoxide poisoning. A...
I have added two photos, to Tony's Pictures, of the same moth caught in the garden at the end of July. Any help with ID would be gratefully accepted. Tony...
Dear All, I am guessing the low level of activity on Glosmoths is because people are on holiday? Last evening I took a live Poplar Hawkmoth to briefly show a...
Although I have been a member of this forum for a wee while, I am ashamed to say this is my first post and I could do with a little id help please. The four...
Hello, I've now got Chris Manley's book British Moths a Photographic guide which is proving very helpful, but I've got a plume moth (I think) which doesn't...
Hello Those of you who use Mapmate might be interested in the vidoes which are here: http://mapmate.bsbi.org.uk/ Lots of useful tips for both the beginner and...
Hi All, I have just put some photos into 'GaryT's Pix' can anyone help with the ID's please (starting at 'Worn Macro'). I have tried to ID some myself, but if...
Hello Does any one know what the VC 34/6 boundary follows between Ashton Gate and the vicinty of Totterdown? Rather than following the Avon, the boundary...
A certain keen moth trapper residing in Glos, not a member of this group so its not about myself , was up all night trapping at a distant site and decided to...
Hi all, I've uploaded a few moths that I could use a hand identifying in Matts Moths. DSC_2663 looks like a smaller Coronet, but with white circles where the...
I have added four photos to my album. I'm reasonably sure of the Mottled Beauty except for the way it's holding its wings - I have never seen one like that...
I thought I had already put this in this morning but it hasn't appeared yet so apologies if it gets in twice. I have put four photos in my album: Mottled...
I have added four shots of two micros to Tony's photos folder. They were trapped in a small wood near Cirencester last night. I would be grateful for a little...
I have added a picture to Tony's Pictures of a carpet moth trapped in our garden, near Stroud,last night. I first thought it was Red Twin-spot Carpet but when...
Hi all - Can anyone id my small green moth (in Val's photos...HasletSarnie)? I've shown the biro tip so you can get an idea of scale. It was trapped on 2nd...
I have posted a picture in Tony's Photos of a carpet, caught in Eastcombe Stroud last night, that I am struggling to id. Best I can seem to do is a worn Royal...
