Marvellous moths and why they matter?
When we think of wildlife in London, our minds often conjure images of creatures like squirrels, foxes, and pigeons. However, there is a group of insects that are often overlooked despite their…
When we think of wildlife in London, our minds often conjure images of creatures like squirrels, foxes, and pigeons. However, there is a group of insects that are often overlooked despite their…
We’re hard working to give much needed space for London’s magnificent diversity of insects; they help to make the city work. But there’s much more to do if we are to reverse their worrying…
Dave Clark explores the motivations behind one of Britain’s most popular wildlife related activities
For National Moth Week, Keeping it Wild Trainee Ishmael talks about their importance as some of the most diverse and successful organisms on earth.
The large, fluffy caterpillars of this moth are often seen in summer and early spring.
It is so easy to miss this clever little moth. It is a master of disguise, blending in perfectly as it looks just like the twig of a birch tree! Flying only at night, the buff-tip moth can be seen…
The puss moth is a large and fluffy moth, with a very strange looking caterpillar.
The brimstone moth is a yellow, night-flying moth with distinctive brown-and-white spots on its angular forewings. It frequently visits gardens, but also likes woods, scrub and grasslands.
This fluffy moth is one of the few species that fly in winter.
A small, day-flying moth that can often be seen visiting garden herbs.
The six-spot burnet moth is a day-flying moth that flies with a slow, fluttering pattern. Look for it alighting on knapweeds and thistles in grassy places. It is glossy black, with six red spots…