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Purple Thorn. Always like to find these in my moth trap. They remind me of sailing ships. This was a May visitor. Hunmanby, North Yorkshire.
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35 of these beautiful little moths arrived to my moth light in Dorset yesterday, smashing my previous record of 13.
Small Magpie a moth that I often see by day. It is also attracted to lights at night. Fairly common throughout the uk in lots of different habitats.
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North Antrim - May 2023. This species is much less common than the similar Lesser Swallow Prominent in Ireland. I only get one or two a year up here, so it was a pleasant surprise to get one in the garden recently.
North Antrim - May 2023. This species is much less common than the similar Lesser Swallow Prominent in Ireland. I only get one or two a year up here, so it was a pleasant surprise to get one in the garden recently.
North Antrim - May 2023. This species is much less common than the similar Lesser Swallow Prominent in Ireland. I only get one or two a year up here, so it was a pleasant surprise to get one in the garden recently.
County Wexford, July 2026. Wonderful to see both peacock moth species in Ireland this year. Quite a rare and localised moth in Ireland.
County Wexford - July 2026. A quick visit to the south-east of Ireland offered an opportunity for some special moths, including this beauty. A species I have long wanted to see.
North Antrim - July 2026. A new species for me up here, and for the garden, was this stunning plume moth (well most of it).
County Wexford - July 2026. Lovely to see this moth again, one I haven't been able to find in North Antrim - yet.
County Wexford - July 2026. A quick visit to the south-east of Ireland offered an opportunity for some special moths, including this beauty. A species I have long wanted to see.
County Wexford - July 2026. Lovely to see this moth again, one I haven't been able to find in North Antrim - yet.
North Antrim - August 2026. A very attractive micro moth on the wing in small numbers recently. Nice to see such a fresh and bright one.
North Antrim - July 2026. A new species for me up here, and for the garden, was this stunning plume moth (well most of it).
North Antrim - April 2026. This species appears to be much more common in the midlands of Ireland based on my visit there last week. I normally only get one or two a year locally.
Apparently Emperor Moths are like London buses, and only days after finding my first, I happened upon this male on Brentmoor Heath.
County Kerry June 2026. One of the new species I managed to photograph last week in the southwest of Ireland. The weather made things a little challenging.
North Antrim - April 2026. This species appears to be much more common in the midlands of Ireland based on my visit there last week. I normally only get one or two a year locally.
County Wexford - July 2026. A quick visit to the south-east of Ireland offered an opportunity for some special moths, including this beauty. A species I have long wanted to see.
County Kerry June 2026. One of the new species I managed to photograph last week in the southwest of Ireland. The weather made things a little challenging.
North Antrim - April 2026. A darker subspecies of Tawny Shears which is found in coastal areas of Ireland, including the cliffs near me and occasionally in my garden
North Antrim - August 2026. A very attractive micro moth on the wing in small numbers recently. Nice to see such a fresh and bright one.
County Wexford, July 2026. Wonderful to see both peacock moth species in Ireland this year. Quite a rare and localised moth in Ireland.
County Kerry June 2026. One of the new species I managed to photograph last week in the southwest of Ireland. The weather made things a little challenging.