#ukmother

[earhartsease]

asking for a friend - can anyone identify this little beauty? seen in Wales

update: identified :)

[rendakuenthusiast]

There's a type of moth called a "Chinese character". I also enjoy that there is a website for UK moths that seems to be run by a single guy who is just a UK moth enthusiast.

[newtz-lepidoptera-blog]

September Thorn !! ^^

Found in my partner’s bathroom LMAO

[jaakkleens-place]

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[ru-titley-knives]

Gorgeous moth that came to visit whilst I was photographing , I think it may be a form of red chestnut  but am unsure .

[cctinsleybaxter]

I really was gonna go to sleep but then a cinnabar moth flew into my house I and now I find myself on ukmoths at 2am having a flashback to my previous life as an 1840s gay entomologist. Anyway what’s the best insect encounter you’ve had? Like you were just like Wow that’s a nice insect

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One of the best insect encounters I’ve had was when a cicada tried to take a drink out of my arm; I had never seen how their mouthparts work before and it was so fascinating and beautiful 

The labium folds out almost like a construction crane. It looks like a big straw and works exactly the same way, with the rostrum (the big nosey part that looks like a grille) as the sucking mechanism. It’s full of muscles that help pump sap from tree branches through the labium and into the gut!

[sewisea-blog]

I spotted this beautiful moth near the sand dunes today, I think it might be a Garden Tiger Moth. #gardentigermoth #moth #ukmoths #sanddunes #grassland #nature #scotland #beautifull

[naturewithella]

🐛Can anyone help with ID? Suggestions include the winter moth (Operophtera brumata) from @harry.harding.965, and the cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni) from @antstagram_77. 🐛There are over 2,600 species of moths and butterflies in the UK, many of which are green! 🐛This june, I am taking part in #30dayswild - an initiative to do new wildlife challenges each day. Check out these guys who are joining me for some awesome wildlife content: @adam_talkswild @a.m.gphotos @awildjameshansen @show.me.nature @marknthat @cephalorhod @ramblingzoology #caterpillar #moth #ukmoths #natureisbeautiful #naturalbeauty #naturephotography #britishwildlife #ukwildlife #uknature # #oxfordshire #britishmoths #BBCWildlifePOTD #BBCCountryfileMagPOTD #invert_macro @sundaytimestravel #stbigshot #VitaminN #wildlifefrommywindow #urbannature #ukwildlife #dailydoseofnature #doorstepadventures #doorstepsafari #mywildgarden #stayhomestaysafe #gardenwildlife #natureathome #nearbynature #conservationoptimism #naturewalk (at Oxfordshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBaXKgDA7N6/?igshid=dkmbnqucd95f

[jon-ward-photography]

M O T H 🦋 - Scrollable! ➡ (Ypsolopha sylvella?) Nothing is safe in our garden from being photographed. I like how fluffy this little fella looks upclose. 🌙 Moths are mostly nocturnal, meaning they live for the night and sleep during the day. There are apparently over 160,000 species of moth worldwide! 💡 Everyone has seen a moth at some point in time flying at a light repeatidly. It is thought moths do this because they use lunar light (light reflected from the moon) as a method of navigation. 🌙 When a moth encounters a man made light, the moth attempts to correct its course by navigating towards the light. 🌍 It is thought that light pollution from street lights and cities are responsible for a decline in the number of moths in parts of the world. ______________________________________ #ukmoths #moths #mothsofinstagram #macro_brilliance #macro_highlight #macroporn #macrofotografia #macromood #stayathome #bbcearth #natgeoyourshot #naturephotography #nature_perfection #natgeowildlife #insectsofinstagram #instapic #nature_of_our_world #naturelovers #nature_captures #naturelife #natureshots #naturelife #insect #igredefined #ig_shotz #ig_macro #igbest_macros #springwatch #bbcspringwatch #naturepic #naturehub (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Rid4aj5w_/?igshid=1otd8xz53q51x

[quirkysewingknit]

A moth that decided to have a rest on our gate post. About 3" long (8cm) #moth #mothsinthegarden #ukmoths #cornishmoth #greymoth #mothsandbutterflies #nature #englishgarden (at Millbrook, Cornwall) https://www.instagram.com/p/By0aCjfBVBC/?igshid=1lxtoqu93putj

[vegan-childrens-stories]

Dickie Dumbman's Dairies

Dickie Dumbman’s Dairies

Part one of Maddicts continues from yesterday [not recommended for readers under 12]: 10:13 HRS Ball’s Pig Farm, Cambridgeshire, UKMother and son, Kevin and Mary Ruth, protest outside. Sorry for the depressing start to the weekend, it’s not all like this, as you’ll discover on Monday. But if you don’t want to stop on such a downer, read on!…

[koilungfish]

Things That Flew In Through My Window, #28 - a dusky sallow. Pretty sure it actually was quite yellow, which doesn’t seem to be the norm.

#29 - landed right in front of me. It’s hard to tell from the photo but it was less than a centimetre from wingtip to wingtip. A least carpet, and a bit lost, since we’re a distance from the coast.

#30 - our first repeat! This is another Mother of Pearl.

#31 - a small waved umber. This took about an hour to track down. When keyword searches can’t help, UKmoths has a very strong search-by-thumbnail identification system.

[jaakkleens-place]

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[mothify]

LETTER TO BBC APRIL 7th 2017

Dear BBC-type-people,

Factually you are incorrect about moths.

You did a rather off-hand report on breakfast (April 6th) about moths eating some upholstery in some stately home and talked about 'moths loving dirt' and reported the item as if ALL moths in the UK eat clothes. You then went on to report the different ways we can kill moths.

This is just lazy journalism. The reported couldn't even be bothered to find out the name of the moth but instead chose to report it so it seemed like all moths were the problem. 

It's irresponsible as people who know nothing about moths - (your reporter/compiler/'story'-inventor/whoever included) will have this ignorant view corroborated. 

You made a half-hearted attempt to correct this by having Zoe Randle from Butterfly Conservation on the Today programme this morning (April 7th) but she was not given a chance to explain and, yet again, you had someone talking for longer about how awful the moths were and annoying it is that they're all eating someone's clothes, and which ways they could be killed. John Humphries seemed biased in his view and closed the interview leaving us in no doubt that moths are bad. 

I really find it upsetting that you think it's a casual item.  Our UK species of moths are under very real threat because of eradication of and damage to their habitats and food-plants, as well as light pollution and other human activities, and you're just making it worse. 

You can't even get your facts right. 

Let's get this straight. There are roughly 2,500 species of moth in the UK (there are 59 species of butterfly).  Only 5 species of moth caterpillar actually eat clothes (some of these are rare) and they will only eat clothing made of natural fibres.  The two most common species are the Brown House-moth and tinea pellionella. They are not particularly attracted by dirt. They don't 'love dirt' as the reported stated. They have natural fibres such as woollens and hemp as their larval food-plant when they are caterpillars as all caterpillars do of both moths and caterpillars, (and many flies, beetles and other insects). 

I could've reported this item better. 

It's true there could be a problem when you have an infestation of a particular type of moth. Yes I said 'moth' - this is only ONE species of moth and I would guess in that stately home that it is tinea pellionella. I would've known to name that species and do a proper interesting story about it. And it IS interesting because the tiny moth caterpillar - it is VERY small - makes a small case for itself out of what it's eating and drags itself along in the case. The little case will be the same colour as the thing it's eating so it's hard to see it. This is an interesting story and gives new information to most people. It wouldn't've taken any longer for the reporter to say either.

However - instead what we had was a really simplistic and erroneous report. It would be the equivalent of reporting a type of bird which is doing a behaviour which human activity conflicts with (such as eating crops) - as ALL birds. Stupid!

All the person compiling the report had to do was a) ask one of your many wildlife presenters you have working for you b) go online to a site such as ukmoths  c) use a book - to find out which moth was doing this and to see that all moths are not only harmless to human beings, they are very important as they are food for birds, help pollinate plants and are vital to the planet because of their role in the ecosystem - munching their way through incredible amounts of organic matter as well as other roles. 

That's more than we can say for human beings.

PLEASE - do not attempt to report things like this in future if all you're going to do is make a hash of it. At least try and find someone who knows.

It is not funny and no-one's laughing. The planet is in danger and you're making it worse.

Honestly – it makes other wildlife programmes you do such as SpringWatch seem a bit less genuine – I mean couldn’t  you’ve connected with these supposed numerous wildlife presenters who work for you ay?

I don’t suppose you are going to respond but I hope someone is reading this and thank you for doing so. 

Yours sincerely,

annA rydeR

[smhennessy-blog]

Who says moths aren't pretty? Large emerald, Geometra papilionaria #largeemerald #largeemeraldmoth #emeraldmoth #geometra #geometrapapilionaria #geometrid #geometridae #moth #lepidoptera #insect #ukmoth #ukwildlife #nofilter

[stevebeck]

Just seen this gorgeous White Satin Moth on our front door. Gotta love nature. #whitesatinmoth #moth #ukmoths #furrylegs #nature #boscombe #dorset #butterfly (at Boscombe Pier)