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I'm hoping someone will buy me a moth trap for Christmas Richard, or at least the electrics so I can make one. We get loads of moths and caterpillars in our garden but I can never identify them... I found a beautiful moth in my greenhouse yesterday

we live in central scotland and we have found a mullein moth in our garden and it has hatched under a wall light. We thought it was an elephant moth because of the trunk like body but when i looked it up on google images it did'nt look like it, so i

website with loads fo good ideas! At what time in the year should we put grease bands on our fruit trees to stop this happening next year? I think it is the plethora of birds in my garden that keeps the codling moth at bay. They (the birds) are pecking

The large, beautiful caterpillar larvae of the elephant hawk moth has two pairs of eye markings, which are made even more prominent when it withdraws its head into its body. They are, typically, a blackish-brown colour but are sometimes green

Have noted more Tiger Moths in my South London area this year (2009) than at any other time over the years I have 'amateurishly' observed butterflies and moths. Beautiful as they are they seem rather a stupid moth since when disturbed 'they blunder

quickly rush to the spot armed with a Petri dish.A paint kettle has been upended over the bug of weird redness in question. Carefully lifting it off, I am met with a ruby tiger moth — lovely.Ruby tiger moth (Phragmatobia fuliginosa) is a common insect

Oh dear... this is a sad story. We're all holding our collective breath here, hoping for a happy ending! Go bees, go! I never knew of the terror of wax moths - I hope to hear good news soon. I shall endeavour to dissuade next door's cat from swiping

Green S E London just seen Jersey Tiger Moth in the garden at Watchet - Somerset - also saw one last week Jersey Tiger Moths currently seem to be quite widespread in SE London. One seen in Crystal Palace yesterday. Update. I've spotted several more

I've noticed some really tiny moths in my greenhouse, they rise up in a cloud when I disturb them, I'm not sure what they are but I have a sneeky suspician that they are up to no good! Can anyone give me some advise on how to get rid of them

We are now positively awash with Jersey Tiger moths, Euplagia quadripunctaria. Named for its abundance on one particular of the Channel Islands, it had been well established in South Devon and apparently spreading along the coast into Dorset