links
Radnor Moth Links
Web Sites:-
www.mothscount.org -- Butterfly Conservation 'Moths Count' site.
www.mothscount.org/maps/94/nbn_maps.html -- BC 'Moths Count' NBNgateway distribution maps.View an 'interactive map' for more detailed maps.
www.UKmoths.org.uk -- the best site for ID photos & information on almost all UK macro & micro moths by Ian Kimber.
www.UKleps.co.uk -- another good photo web site by Jeff Higgott.
www.norfolkmoths.org.uk -- Norfolk Moth Group...good for micro & macro ID photos.
Swedish Museum -- interesting for UK micro-moth photos.
www.ukleps.org -- Photos of Eggs, Larvae & Pupae of UK Butterflies & Moths.
For your holiday moth photos:-
www.leps.it -- for European moth species.
www.lepiforum.de -- another for European species
Equipment Suppliers:-
www.angleps.com -- Anglian Lepidoterist Supplies.
www.watdon.co.uk -- Watson & Doncaster.
www.pwbelg.clara.net -- Paul Batty's equipment site.
www.lamps-on-line.com -- For spare bulbs (F15T8BL350=15w Actinic=£7.50, 125MV=£10.93, 160w MV=£8.11, +P&P=£3.50)
www.lampshoponline.com -- For spare bulbs (F15/BL350=15w Actinic=£4.20, 125MV=£2.90 +vat+P&P)
Magazines & Book suppliers:-
www.entrecord.com -- Entomologists Record of Variation magazine. 6 issues per year.
http://www.atropos.info/ -- Atropos magazine (3 issues pa). Book supplier with free post on orders over £75
www.pemberleybooks.co.uk -- Good book source but charges p&p.
Iphone / Ipad App:- - see info link on www.ukmoths.org.uk
Moths and Butterflies of Britain & Ireland App from Nature Guides Ltd £14.99 via Itunes
- based on Chris Manley's book below with interactive links to ukmoths website & NBN for species distribution maps
Books:-
British Moths and Butterflies Second Edition...................................ISBN 978-14729-0770-7
By Chris Manley publish 2015
- a new photographic guide covering most macro and micro moths of the UK, but limited information.
- Superb photos from many sources, likely to become the new Standard ID guide
- uses the new Agassiz British checklist numbering system.
Field Guide to the MOTHS of Great Britain and Ireland...................ISBN 978-1-4729-3030-9
By Paul Waring and Martin Townsnd. Illustrated by Richard Lewingon
- Covers all macro-moths occuring in UK
- Essential ID guide for anyone wanting to do moths
- all drawings are life-size (or larger) & moths are shown in natural posture
- the information is detailed & useful.
Concise Guide to the MOTHS of Great Britain and Ireland.............ISBN 978-0-9531399-6-5
By Paul Waring and Martin Townsnd. Illustrated by Richard Lewingon
- as above with same drawings but limited information
Field Guide to the Micro MOTHS of Great Britain and Ireland........ISBN 978-0-9564902-1-6
By Phil Sterling and Mark Parsons. Illustrated by Richard Lewingon
- Covers micro-moths occuring in UK
- Essential ID guide for anyone wanting to do micro-moths
- all drawings are life-size (or larger) & moths are shown in natural posture
- the information is detailed & useful.
Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles...................ISBN 0-670-80354-5
By Bernard Skinner
- the old 'bible' for moths
- all moths shown layed-out & pinned, which shows underwings but can be difficult to imagine in real life
- excellent diagrams to enable separation of some difficult species.
Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles................................ISBN 0953139980
By D.J.L.Agassiz, S.D.Beavan & R.J.Heckford. Published December 2013
Moths & Butterflies of Great Britain & Ireland (MOGBI)...................9 volumes
- very expensive, & now published by Apollo Books
- covers all UK micro-moths except Tortrix, Pyralids, & Plumes
- covers butterflies & macro-moths excluding Geometrids.
British Pyralid Moths...........................................................................ISBN 0-946589-08-9
- by Barry Goater
- good, but life-size photo plates could do with being enlarged.
British Plume Moths...........................................................................ISBN 978-1-899935-06-02
- by Colin Hart
- excellent. Larger than life-size photo plates and an excellent key and info about all species
Caterpillars of the British Isles...........................................................ISBN 0-670-87509-0
- by Jim Porter
- covers all macro-moth larvae.
Moths....................................................................................................ISBN 0-00-220142-9
- by Michael Majerus
- Published in 2002. All you wanted to know about moths.
updated: 19/04/15