Welcome to Back Garden Moths where you will find fasinating and beautiful moths discovered in a Staffordshire garden. Moths, along with butterflies, form an insect order called Lepidoptera. There are around 160,00 species of moth worldwide, and there are over 2,500 species recorded here in the British Isles, so there are still plenty to discover. Below you will find an example of some of the various forms these marvellous moths can take. Please visit the Species Gallery to view more. There are over 170 species featured on the site at present, and more are being added regularly.
Laothoe populi
Phalera bucephala
Carcina quercana
Pempelia palumbella
Callimorpha dominula
Alucita hexadactyla
Omphaloscelis lunosa
Campaea margaritaria
Pleuroptya ruralis
Eremobia ochroleuca
Eilema complana
Plutella xylostella
