MOTHS - Geometridae

There are quite a lot of pictures on this page, for help finding individual species see the MOTH INDEX

NOTE: Im not an expert + most of these have been IDd just by flicking through the book + looking at the pictures if anyone notices any that are wrong could you please let me know!! Thanks ... mattslaymaker@hotmail.co.uk

LARGE EMERALD

BLOTCHED EMERALD

COMMON EMERALD

CLAY TRIPLE-LINES

BLOOD-VEIN

SMALL BLOOD-VEIN

SMALL FAN-FOOTED WAVE

SINGLE-DOTTED WAVE

RIBBAND WAVE

RED TWIN-SPOT CARPET

GARDEN CARPET

SHADED BROAD-BAR

COMMON CARPET

YELLOW SHELL

MALLOW

PURPLE BAR

BARRED STRAW

RED-GREEN CARPET

COMMON MARBLED CARPET

BLUE-BORDERED CARPET

GREY-PINE CARPET

JUNIPER CARPET

NOVEMBER MOTH SP.

LIME-SPECK PUG

WORMWOOD PUG

CURRANT PUG

TAWNY SPECKLED PUG

GREEN PUG

DOUBLE-STRIPED PUG

TREBLE-BAR

YELLOW-BARRED BRINDLE

MAGPIE

TAWNY-BARRED ANGLE

SCORCHED WING

BRIMSTONE MOTH

CANARY-SHOULDERED THORN

DUSKY THORN

EARLY THORN

PURPLE THORN

SCALLOPED OAK

SWALLOW-TAIL MOTH

FEATHERED THORN

PEPPERED MOTH

WILLOW BEAUTY

MOTTLED BEAUTY

COMMON WHITE WAVE

COMMON WAVE

CLOUDED SILVER

LIGHT EMERALD

reference - Field Guide to the Moths of Gt Britain + Ireland, P Waring, M Townsend + R Lewington, BWP, 2003

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