About the Kent Moths Gallery

This blog is intended as a gallery of photos for all moths found in the county of Kent. Please send through your quality images (and links to your websites) of moth species caught yesterday or yesteryear in order that this can become a complete archive of Kent's moth fauna.

Many thanks,
Tony Morris (Admin) & Ross Newham (Admin) kentmothsgallery@gmail.com

Sunday 24 June 2012

Olethreutes arcuella

A walk around East Blean was disappointing in that no Heath Fritillaries could be found but at least a couple of moths played ball with the Olethreutes arcuella being Nb.  

 
Olethreutes arcuella, 4/6/12, East Blean Woods, Marcus Lawson
 

Monday 4 June 2012

Cream Wave (Scopula floslactata)


Cream Wave, 4/6/12, East Blean Woods, Marcus Lawson


Sunday 3 June 2012

Tudeley Woods - 2nd June 2012


Incurvaria oehlmanniella


Lesser Cream Wave


Lobesia reliquana 


Micropterix calthella


Pammene germmana

All seen during an afternoon walk around this RSPB reserve.

Elachista argentella

Paddock Wood - 27th May 2012

Emmetia marginea

Paddock Wood - 2nd June 2012


 Freyer's Pug
Paddock Wood - 2nd June 2012

Saturday 2 June 2012

Loxostege sticticalis

Loxostege sticticalis caught on 31/5/2012, my first record of this immigrant Crambid. It is slightly atypical as it doesn't show the normally present pale "square" stigma on the forewing.