EREBIDAE

Herald Scoliopteryx libatrix.
10th April 2020

Herald Scoliopteryx libatrix.
Lyme Park, Cheshire. 19th August 2021

Straw Dot Rivula sericealis.
3rd July 2010

Straw Dot Rivula sericealis.
10th September 2021

Snout Hypena proboscidalis.
21st July 2012

Snout Hypena proboscidalis.
Unusual dark specimen. 26th June 2021

White Satin Leucoma salicis.
Chichester, W. Sussex 11th July 2018

White Satin Leucoma salicis.
First for garden 28th July 2024

Black Arches Lymantria monacha.
Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset, 12th July 2011

Black Arches Lymantria monacha.
Chichester, East Sussex 6th August 2023

Gypsy Moth Lymantria dispar.
Chichester, W. Sussex 5th August 2022

Gypsy Moth Lymantria dispar.
Chichester, W. Sussex 6th August 2023

Brown Tail Euproctis chrysorrhoea.
Chichester, West Sussex. 1st July 2022

Brown Tail Euproctis chrysorrhoea.
Brion, Loire, France 2nd July 2014

Brown Tail Euproctis chrysorrhoea.
Brion, Loire, France 29th June 2014

Yellow Tail Euproctis similis.
Chichester, West Sussex. 20th July 2020.

Yellow Tail Euproctis similis.
Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset, 12th July 2011. At rest the eponymous yellow tail is hidden....

...but, when alarmed, the moth shows its attributes.

Pale Tussock Callitiara pudibunda.
27th June 2012

Pale Tussock Callitiara pudibunda f. concolor.
Chichester, West Sussex 22nd May 2019

Pale Tussock Callitiara pudibunda f. concolor.
Chichester, W. Sussex 24th May 2019

The Vapourer Orgyia antiqua.
Chichester, West Sussex. 8th August 2020

The Vapourer Orgyia antiqua.
25th September 2021

The Vapourer Orgyia antiqua, larva.
20th July 2022

Buff Ermine Spilosoma luteum.
9th June 2012

Buff Ermine Spilosoma luteum.
Bromlow, Shropshire. 28th May 2011

White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda.
Piddinghoe, East Sussex, 1st June 2013

White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda.
Piddinghoe, East Sussex, 2nd June 2013

White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda.
23rd May 2025

Muslin Moth Diaphora mendica, male.
Piddinghoe, East Sussex. 31st May 2013

Muslin Moth Diaphora mendica, male.
near Thee Oaks, East Sussex. 17th May 2022

Clouded Buff Diachrisia sannio, male.
St. Marcel du Prigord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 14th September 2011

Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fulginosa.
7th August 2010

Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fulginosa.
Lyme Park, East Cheshire. 27th July 2022

Wood Tiger Parasemia plantagenis plantagenis.
Longstone Edge, Derbyshire. 29th May 2018

Garden Tiger Arctia caja.
Hanford, Dorset. 17th June 2017

Cream-spot Tiger Arctia villica.
Rewell Wood, West Sussex. 13th May 2022

Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae.
Piddinghoe, East Sussex. 1st June 2013

Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae.
Gait Barrows, Cumbria. 19th May 2011

Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae, underside.
Gait Barrows, Cumbria. 19th May 2011

Rosy Footman Miltochrista miniata.
Three Oaks, East Sussex. 13th September 2022

Rosy Footman Miltochrista miniata.
Membury, Devon 17th July 2013

Muslin Footman Nudaria mundana.
21st July 2012

Muslin Footman Nudaria mundana.
12th July 2019

Four-dotted Footman Cybosia mesomella.
Ridge (near Chilmark), Wiltshire. 22nd June 2013

Four-dotted Footman Cybosia mesomella.
Glapthorn Cow Pastures, Northants. 4th July 2013

Four-spotted Footman Lithosia quadra, female.
Near Three Oaks, East Sussex. 7th August 2025

Four-spotted Footman Lithosia quadra, male.
Near Three Oaks, East Sussex. 7th August 2025

Four-spotted Footman Lithosia quadra, male.
Funtington, West Sussex. 5th August 2025

Red-necked Footman Atolmis rubicollis.
Brion, Loire, France. 4th July 2014

Buff Footman Eilema depressa, female.
Lyme Park, Cheshire. 26th July 2021

Buff Footman Eilema depressa, male.
Brion, Loire, France. 29th July 2014

Buff Footman Eilema depressa, male.
First for my garden. 3rd August 2019

Dingy Footman Eilema griseolaf. stramineola.
Lyme Park, Cheshire. 19th August 2021

Dingy Footman Eilema griseolaf. stramineola.
Lyme Park, Cheshire. 25th July 2019

Common Footman Eilema lurideola.
2nd July 2010

Scarce Footman Eilema complana.
Lyme Park, Cheshire. 29th July 2022

Hoary Footman Eilema caniola.
St. Marcel du Prigord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 16th September 2011

Orange Footman Eilema sororcula.
Totland, Isle of Wight 2nd June 2014

Orange Footman Eilema sororcula.
near Three Oaks, East Sussex 16th May 2022

Clay Fan-foot Paracolax tristalis.
Brion, Loire, France. 1st July 2014

Fan-foot Zanclognatha tarsipennalis.
7th August 2011

Fan-foot Zanclognatha tarsipennalis.
9th July 2013

Small Fan-foot Herminia grisealis.
5th July 2012

Blackneck Lygephila pastinum.
Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset. 12th July 2011

Blackneck Lygephila pastinum.
24th July 2012

Blackneck Lygephila pastinum.
24th June 2023

Scarce Blackneck Lygephila craccae.
St. Marcel du Périgord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 13th September 2011

Beautiful Hook-tip Laspeyria flexula.
Hanford, Dorset. 19th June 2017

Beautiful Hook-tip Laspeyria flexula.
Danes Moss, Macclesfield, Cheshire. 16th June 2022

Beautiful Hook-tip Laspeyria flexula.
19th June 2023

Beautiful Marbled Eublemma purpurina.
St. Marcel du Périgord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 12th July 2011
Immigrant; added to the UK list when an individual was trapped at Portland (Dorset) in August 2004.

Red Underwing Catocala fraxini.
Chichester, W. Sussex. 25th August 2018

Passenger Dysgonia algira.
Brion, Loire, France 3rd July 2014

Mother Shipton Callistegi mi.
Kithurst Hill, W. Sussex. 21st May 2019

Burnet Companion Euclidia gliphica.
Heyshott Down, West Sussex. 26th May 2016

Burnet Companion Euclidia gliphica.
Kithurst Hill Meadow, West Sussex. 24th May 2017