Buff Tip Moth (Phalera Bucephala) Buff Tip Moth (Phalera Bucephala) This photo shows the head of the moth and how it uses camouflaged against the broken end of a silver birch branch. no 1

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Buff Tip Moth (Phalera Bucephala) Showing itself against silver birch.

Buff Tip Moth (Phalera Bucephala) The latter stage of metamorphosis expanding its wings.no 1

Buff Tip Moth (Phalera Bucephala) This photo is one of set photos shoeing the stages of expanding its wings.no 2

Buff Tip Moth (Phalera Bucephala) This photo is one of set photos shoeing the stages of expanding its wings.no 3

Buff Tip Moth (Phalera Bucephala) This photo is one of set photos shoeing the stages of expanding its wings.no 4

Buff Tip Moth (Phalera Bucephala) This photo is one of set photos shoeing the stages of expanding its wings.no 5

Buff Tip Moth (Phalera Bucephala) This photo is one of set photos shoeing the stages of expanding its wings.no 6

Buff Tip Moth (Phalera Bucephala) This photo is one of set photos shoeing the stages of expanding its wings.no 7

Buff Tip Moth (Phalera Bucephala) This photo is one of set photos shoeing the stages of expanding its wings.no 8

Buff Tip Moth (Phalera Bucephala) This photo shows the head of the moth and how it uses camouflaged against the broken end of a silver birch branch.

Buff Tip Moth (Phalera Bucephala) This photo shows the moth soon after hatching out of the chrysalis in the soil and climbing up on to a branch so it can start metamorphosing.

Buff Tip Moth (Phalera Bucephala)Buff Tip Moth (Phalera Bucephala) This photo shows the head of the moth and how it uses camouflaged against the broken end of a silver birch branch. no 2

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Common Swift Hepialus lupulinus. This moth rests with its wings held very tightly along the sides of the body. In the male the tip of the abdomen protrudes upwards from behind the wings. The background colour of the wings may vary from whitish to pale brown or grey, but it always has the silver-white markings. This moth also has unusually short antennae. It flies mainly at dusk, when it may come to house lights, but it does not feed. The male has a characteristically swift flight, low over the ground. At rest females may measure up to 2cm long, but males are much smaller.

Common Swift Hepialus lupulinus. This moth rests with its wings held very tightly along the sides of the body. In the male the tip of the abdomen protrudes upwards from behind the wings. The background colour of the wings may vary from whitish to pale brown or grey, but it always has the silver-white markings. This moth also has unusually short antennae. It flies mainly at dusk, when it may come to house lights, but it does not feed. The male has a characteristically swift flight, low over the ground. At rest females may measure up to 2cm long, but males are much smaller.

Emperor Moth Saturnia pavonia. Wingspan 40-60 mm the spectacular Emperor moth is Britain's only resident member of the Saturniidae family. It is reasonably common over much of Britain, occupying moorland and open country the males, which have bright orange hind wings, fly during the daytime in search of the greyer females, which fly at night. Both sexes are on the wing in April and May The fully grown caterpillar is green with black hoops containing yellow wart-like spots, and feeds on moorland plants such as heather (Calluna) and bramble (Rubus).

Emperor Moth Saturnia pavonia. Wingspan 40-60 mm the spectacular Emperor moth is Britain's only resident member of the Saturniidae family. It is reasonably common over much of Britain, occupying moorland and open country the males, which have bright orange hind wings, fly during the daytime in search of the greyer females, which fly at night. Both sexes are on the wing in April and May The fully grown caterpillar is green with black hoops containing yellow wart-like spots, and feeds on moorland plants such as heather (Calluna) and bramble (Rubus).

Emperor Moth Saturnia pavonia. Wingspan 40-60 mm the spectacular Emperor moth is Britain's only resident member of the Saturniidae family. It is reasonably common over much of Britain, occupying moorland and open country the males, which have bright orange hind wings, fly during the daytime in search of the greyer females, which fly at night. Both sexes are on the wing in April and MayThe fully grown caterpillar is green with black hoops containing yellow wart-like spots, and feeds on moorland plants such as heather (Calluna) and bramble (Rubus).

Emperor Moth Saturnia pavonia. Wingspan 40-60 mm the spectacular Emperor moth is Britain's only resident member of the Saturniidae family. It is reasonably common over much of Britain, occupying moorland and open country the males, which have bright orange hind wings, fly during the daytime in search of the greyer females, which fly at night. Both sexes are on the wing in April and MayThe fully grown caterpillar is green with black hoops containing yellow wart-like spots, and feeds on moorland plants such as heather (Calluna) and bramble (Rubus).