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No.
Species
Date
Location
Recorder
Details
3354
Test posting
21/12/08
Chelveston, Northants
Simon Wantling
A test posting for back garden moths new website layout !
3353
Feathered Thorn
27/11/08
Tavistock, Devon
Parker
At the kitchen window. What magnificent antenae. Classic markings
3352
pale tussock moth
17/09/08
fourlanes, cornwall
summer binny
small bright green catapillar with red plume at tail seen on edge of laundry basket.
3351
Convolvulus Hawk Moth
16/09/08
Isle of North Uist , Outer Hebrides , Scotland
Ada Campbell
1 Large Adult , 8cm long , wingspan approx 15cm - basking on wall - weather dry , warm
3350
Lilac Beauty
14/09/08
indoors
Steve Crisell
Looked like a brown shrivelled leaf
3349
1972 Convolvus Hawk Moth
13/09/08
Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port, Wirral
Dave Carr
approx 6cm long with dark grey pale grey wings and head when I open its wing it has black white and pink markings its body.Its on my fence and in no hurry to move.
3348
hummingbird moth ??
12/09/08
sutton on sea lincolnshire ln12 2lt
denise henshall
looked very much like a hummingbird long thing that he put straight into the middle of the flower to get the pollen about 3inches long very fast flyer very pretty
3347
Humming Bird moth
08/09/08
Broadstairs
David Royce
2nd sighting, same location. Same moth?
3346
Humming BIrd Moth
07/09/08
Broadstairs, Kent
David Royce
First sighting this year. Landed on white jasmin
3345
Staw Dot
24/08/08
Kensington Gardens
Des McKenzie
10-12 flushed from nettles, also singles of Common Wave and Clay-triple lines
3344
Jerrsey Tiger Moth
20/8/2008
Garden - Minehead, Somerset
Tim Marsh
Seen in a variety of locations in the garden and on the walls of the house. A very striking Moth, photos taken.
3343
Swallow-tailed Moth
20/08/08
Edgware Road, London W2
Des McKenzie
one on concrete overhang above fruit display outside local grocers
3342
17/8/2008
Front Wall of bungalow (sheltered Close.)
Broad - arrow shaped, light/dark grey background, black diagonal stripe going from top to bottom of wings. "Horn" on head, as a Noctuid(?)
3341
Barred Rivulet
10/08/08
Kitchen wall
Stephen Crisell
3340
Humming bird hawkmoth
8/08/08
Backgarden in Cardiff
Laurence
Hovering and inserting its long proboscis into a delphinium flower.