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
I considered this a brilliant resource when I used it previously but the update is better still!
Totally wonderful site. You have helped me identify species. I am a total novice, but learning fairly rapidly(despite advancing years).If I can't find it in my reference books you are always my first and only choice. Thank you seems far to small a thing to say, but THANK YOU
Using the keyword search on your excellent website I was able to identify a Gold Spot moth which I found attached to a T-shirt on the washing line. I was surprised to read though that this likes damp, reedy places - we are in the middle of arable land in Nottinghamshire so this did not seem to be...
Brilliant site. It helps me tremendously with my identifications. Am I right in thinking you are fairly local to me. I am in South Lakeland. Please keep up the good work. All the best, bryan
I found this site a couple of years ago and usually turn to it first if I find a moth that I don't recognise (which is most of them!). So far I have managed to identify most of my finds through the keyword search - brilliant!