Lepidigi
Butterflies of Europe and the Tropics
UK moths, photos from 2021 onwards, in taxonomic order after Bernard Skinner
(References to 'Gubblecote' are to my home near Tring in Hertfordshire, England)
Ghost Moth, female, Dore, Sheffield, 18 June 2022
Common Swift, Gubblecote, 4 July 2021
Orange Swift, Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire, 6 August 2022
Orange Swift, as in the previous photo
Orange Swift, Gubblecote, 15 August 2022
Orange Swift, Gubblecote, 12 August 2021
December Moth, Gubblecote, 14 December 2021
December Moth, Gubblecote, 9 November 2021
December Moth, as shown in the previous photo
Emperor Moth, male, Gubblecote, 6 April 2023
Emperor Moth, the same insect as shown in the previous photo
Emperor Moth, a beautiful suffused pink specimen from last year's ova batch, emerged 28 March 2023
Emperor Moth, from the 2022 batch, also emerged on 28 March 2023
Emperor Moth, Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire, 24 April 2022
Emperor Moth, 43 eggs laid by the insect shown in the previous photo
Emperor Moth caterpillars, nearly fully grown, Gubblecote, 25 June 2022
Buff Arches, Cholesbury, Bucks, 3 July 2021
Peach Blossom, Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire, 25 June 2022
Peach Blossom, Cholesbury, Bucks, 3 July 2021
Figure of Eighty, Gubblecote, 29 May 2021
Figure of Eighty, Gubblecote, 29 May 2021
Frosted Green, Cholesbury, Bucks, 24 April 2022
Frosted Green, Cholesbury, Bucks, 24 April 2022
Chinese Character, Gubblecote, 22 July 2021
Oak Hook-tip, Cholesbury Common, Buckinghamshire, 4 SEptember 2022
Pebble Hook-tip, Gubblecote, 21 August 2021
Pebble Hook-tip, Gubblecote, 12 August 2021
Pebble Hook-tip, Gubblecote, 7 June 2021
Scalloped Hook-tip, Cholesbury, Bucks, 24 April 2022
Large Emerald, Cholesbury, Bucks, 25 June 2022
Maiden's Blush, Cholesbury, Bucks, 3 July 2021
Maiden's Blush, form with forewing margin 'blotches', Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire, 15 August 2021
March Moth, Gubblecote, 22 March 2022
March Moth, Gubblecote, 16 March 2022
Blood-vein, Gubblecote, 24 June 2022
Small Blood-vein, Gubblecote, 3 September 2022
Least Carpet, Gubblecote, 28 July 2022
Dwarf Cream Wave, Gubblecote, 11 July 2021
Riband Wave, Gubblecote, 26 June 2021
Vestal, Gubblecote, 24 September 2022
Flame Carpet, Cholesbury, Bucks, 3 July 2021
Garden Carpet, Gubblecote, 16 September 2022
Garden Carpet, Gubblecote, 1 October, 2021
Red Twin-spot Carpet, Gubblecote, 11 June 2021
Shaded Broad-bar, Gubblecote, 26 July 2021
Common Carpet, Gubblecote, 15 June 2021
Common Carpet, day-flying at Incombe Hole, Ivinghoe, Bucks, on 3 June 2021 before settling on bedstraw, its larval host plant. Unfamiliar form.
Yellow-shell with variable hindwing colouration, Gubblecote, 22 July 2021
The Streamer, Cholesbury, Bucks, 24 April 2022
Small Phoenix, Cholesbury, Bucks, 1 May 2022