About the UKMoths Website
Welcome to UKMoths, your online guide to the moths of Great Britain and Ireland. UKMoths has been providing identification help and information about Britain's moths for over 15 years.
What's UKMoths all about?
Traditionally, moth fieldguides have concentrated on the so-called "macro-moths", of which there are around 800 regular species. To study all of Britain's species incuding the often very interesting microlepidoptera, requires an expensive library of reference material.
The ultimate idea of the site was to illustrate as many species of British moths as possible and to provide this information in an accessible format. Over 2500 species have been recorded in the British Isles, and currently 2286 of these are illustrated, featuring 7426 photographs.
If you have good quality photos of British moths or lifecycle stages not yet featured on UKMoths and would like to contribute, please check the guidelines for contributors.
What UKMoths visitors are saying
Ian, I've been using your site for along time, it remains a mainstay of my mothing. This looks like a landmark update. Thanks.
Simply want to say how useful this guide is for an amateur like me. Ants are my speciality but Lepidoptera are so lovely and, by comparison, a lot easier to identify!
Dear colleagues, I am here by chance (as a hydrobiologist I checked some info for water larvae) but I can't leave these very interesting pages. I am delighted with your site! Many thanks for your excellent job! LN
Great site. I am only just getting interested in British moths and have been a bit lost trying to get some basic knowledge, especially on identification. This site is simple, very easy to use, effective and readily accessible. Excellent.
Saw a beautiful moth/butterfly in the garden the other night and again tonight. Have now identified it as a 'Jersey Tiger'. Thank you, your page was very helpful. Wallington, Surrey, SM6 9QT