Picture: 1
Skippers

Male small skipper. Oblique lines of scent glands, Gwaelod 1982
Marys species name: Small Skipper
Scientific name: Thymelicus sylvestris
Common name: Small Skipper

Date: 1982

Picture: 2
Large White

Eggs of Large white butterfly, 14/08/64, Gwaelod
Marys species name: Pieris brassicae
Scientific name: Pieris brassicae
Common name: Large White

Date: 14/08/1964

Picture: 3
Large White

Pieris brassicae. Day of hatching with eggshells, 22/08/64, Gwaelod. Eggs 1st spotted on 12th August so at least 11 days to hatch (7 in book).
Marys species name: Pieris brassicae
Scientific name: Pieris brassicae
Common name: Large White

Date: 22/08/1964

Picture: 4
Large White

Chrysalids of green-veined whites foundin greenhouse. 29/04/65, 1st out on 18/05/65
Marys species name: Green-veined White
Scientific name: Pieris napi sabellicae
Common name: Green-veined White

Date: 29/04/1965

Picture: 5
Large White

Two detatched large white chrysalids, newly emerged and one of the early butterflies. Gwaelod, April 1983
Marys species name: Pieris brassicae
Scientific name: Pieris brassicae
Common name: Large White

Date: April 1983

Picture: 6
Angelshades, Apple Green

Newly emerged Angleshades moth with crumpled wings, Gwaelod, 26/5/1964
Marys species name: Angleshades
Scientific name: Phlogophora meticulosa
Common name: Angle Shades

Date: 26/05/1964

Picture: 7
Angelshades, Apple Green

Angleshades moth, Phlogophora, June 1971, Gwaelod
Marys species name: Angleshades
Scientific name: Phlogophora meticulosa
Common name: Angle Shades

Date: June 1971

Picture: 8
Chestnut moths

Chestnut moth, Conistra vaccinnii, Noctuid or owlet moth, Gwaelod, November 1983
Marys species name: Conistra vaccinnii
Scientific name: Conistra vaccinii
Common name: Chestnut

Date: November 1983

Picture: 9
Eyed hawk

Herald moth at end of winter, found indoors, Gwaelod, 1977
Marys species name: Herald moth
Scientific name: Scoliopteryx libatrix
Common name: Herald

Date: 1977

Picture: 10
Lackey

Humming bird hawk moth, Gwaelod (& Ogmore), 1982
Marys species name: Humming bird hawk moth
Scientific name: Macroglossum stellatarum
Common name: Humming-Bird Hawk-Moth

Date: 1982

Picture: 11
Lackey

Moth, like but not magpie, Gwaelod, May 1968 [ed. Small magpie]
Marys species name: Magpie
Scientific name: Eurrhypara hortulata
Common name: Small Magpie

Date: 01/05/1968

Picture: 12
Red underwing. Red ling quaker.

Red line quaker moth, Agrochola lota. Feeds on ivy flowers. Gwaelod, November 1983
Marys species name: Red line quaker moth
Scientific name: Agrochola lota
Common name: Red-Line Quaker

Date: November 1983

Picture: 13
Red underwing. Red ling quaker.

Red underwing underside, Gwaelod 1986
Marys species name: Red underwing
Scientific name: Catocala nupta
Common name: Red Underwing

Date: 1986

Picture: 14
Tiger moths, Garden Scarlet, Jersey

Dark Willow Beauty, pale Little Emerald, dark on twig, light on petoile. Gwaelod birch geometers, October 1979
Marys species name: Willow Beauty
Scientific name: Peribatodes rhomboidaria
Common name: Willow Beauty

Date: October 1979

Picture: 15
Tiger moths, Garden Scarlet, Jersey

Common yellow underwing, Triphaena pronuba. Lays eggs on almost any plant. Gwaelod, 1966
Marys species name: Common yellow underwing
Scientific name: Noctua pronuba
Common name: Large Yellow Underwing

Date: 1966

Picture: 16
Tiger moths, Garden Scarlet, Jersey

Gwaelod moth spinning cocoon, July 1977
Marys species name: moth

Date: July 1977

Picture: 17
Willow Beauty (Geometer)

Geometer legs like bud scales. Willow Beauty, Gwaelod birch, 21/10/1979
Marys species name: Willow Beauty
Scientific name: Peribatodes rhomboidaria
Common name: Willow Beauty

Date: 21/10/1979

Picture: 18
Yellow underwing

Large yellow underwing, Noctua pronuba, Nochid, Gwaelod, abundant in garden.
Marys species name: Large Yellow Underwing
Scientific name: Noctua pronuba
Common name: Large Yellow Underwing

Picture: 19
Yellow underwing

Lunar yellow underwing (Lesser has no spot on tip of forewing), Gwaelod.
Marys species name: Lunar yellow underwing
Scientific name: Noctua orbona
Common name: Lunar Yellow Underwing

Picture: 20
Yellow underwing

Copper underwing, Amphypyra pyramidea, Gwaelod (shed)
Marys species name: Copper underwing
Scientific name: Amphipyra pyramidea
Common name: Copper Underwing

Picture: 21
Yellow underwing

Gwaelod moth set spinning cocoon on garden seat
Marys species name: moth

Picture: 22
Dot moth, Dotted border

Caterpillar of dot moth on bramble, Gwaelod, 29/9/1973
Marys species name: Dot moth
Scientific name: Melanchra persicariae
Common name: Dot Moth

Date: 29/09/1973

Picture: 23
Dot moth, Dotted border

Dotted border moth, Erannis marginaria should not appear till March-April, males fly at dusk, females flightless. Also a melanic form. February 1975, Gwaelod.
Marys species name: Dotted border moth, Erannis marginaria
Scientific name: Agriopis marginaria
Common name: Dotted Border

Date: February 1975

Picture: 24
Dot moth, Dotted border

Dotted border moth, Gwaelod, March 1972
Marys species name: Dotted border moth
Scientific name: Agriopis marginaria
Common name: Dotted Border

Date: March 1972

Picture: 25
Dot moth, Dotted border

Dot moth caterpillar on bramble, Gwaelod, 1973
Marys species name: Dot moth
Scientific name: Melanchra persicariae
Common name: Dot Moth

Date: 1973

Picture: 26
Elephant hawk, greater and lesser

Elephant hawk moth, Gwaelod garden, 13 July 2001
Marys species name: Elephant hawk moth
Scientific name: Deilephila elpenor
Common name: Elephant Hawk-Moth

Date: 13/07/2001

Picture: 27
Little Emerald, Geometer

Little emerald caterpillar, Gwaelod birch, October 1979
Marys species name: Little emerald
Scientific name: Jodis lactearia
Common name: Little Emerald

Date: October 1979

Picture: 28

Gatekeeper, Gwaelod, 14/8/1964
Marys species name: Gatekeeper
Scientific name: Pyronia tithonus
Common name: Gatekeeper

Date: 14/08/1964

Picture: 29
Marbled White

Red admiral on Michaelmas, Gwaelod, October 1969
Marys species name: Red Admiral
Scientific name: Vanessa atalanta
Common name: Red Admiral

Date: October 1969

Picture: 30
Ringlet

Large skipper at Gwaelod (and Ogmore), July 1982
Marys species name: Large Skipper
Scientific name: Ochlodes sylvanus
Common name: Large Skipper

Date: July 1982

Picture: 31
Speckled wood

Male Wall butterfly, Gwaelod greenhouse, 25/8/1964
Marys species name: Wall butterfly
Scientific name: Lasiommata megera
Common name: Wall

Date: 25/08/1964

Picture: 32
Small and green-veined whites and large

Late large white larvae on honesty, Gwaelod, 1st week October 1982
Marys species name: Large white
Scientific name: Pieris brassicae
Common name: Large White

Date: October 1982

Picture: 33
Small and green-veined whites and large

Large white spinning girdle, Gwaelod, 15/12/1985
Marys species name: Large white
Scientific name: Pieris brassicae
Common name: Large White

Date: 15/12/1985

Picture: 34
Small and green-veined whites and large

Large white chrysalis, Gwaelod, winter, 1982-83
Marys species name: Large white
Scientific name: Pieris brassicae
Common name: Large White

Date: 1982 - 1983

Picture: 35
Small and green-veined whites and large

Large white chrysalis, Gwaelod, winter 1982-83
Marys species name: Large white
Scientific name: Pieris brassicae
Common name: Large White

Date: 1982 - 1983

Picture: 36
Moths alphabetical

Angleshades moth portrait, 26/5/1964, Gwaelod
Marys species name: Angleshades
Scientific name: Phlogophora meticulosa
Common name: Angle Shades

Date: 26/05/1964

Picture: 37
Herald, Heart & Dart

Herald moth alighted on pillbox, Gwaelod, March 1977
Marys species name: Herald moth
Scientific name: Scoliopteryx libatrix
Common name: Herald

Date: March 1977

Picture: 38
Puss moth life cycle

Red underwing moth, Gwaelod, 1985
Marys species name: Red underwing moth
Scientific name: Catocala nupta
Common name: Red Underwing

Date: 1985

Picture: 39
Puss moth life cycle

Red line quaker moth, noctuid, Agrochola lota, Gwaelod, November 1983
Marys species name: Red line quaker moth
Scientific name: Agrochola lota
Common name: Red-Line Quaker

Date: November 1983

Picture: 40

[unidentified moth caterpillar duplicate of slide 16_8_27]
Marys species name: moth

Date: July 1977

Picture: 41
Vapourer

Cleora rhomboidaria, Birch willow beauty, Gwaelod, 21/10/1979
Marys species name: Cleora rhomboidaria, Birch willow beauty
Scientific name: Peribatodes rhomboidaria
Common name: Willow Beauty

Date: 21/10/1979

Picture: 42
Vapourer

Yellow underwing moth, Triphaena pronuba. Abundant. Fell out wardrobe, dead. Family = Nostuids or night flying species. Now called Agrotides with 370 species in Britain. 22/9/1969
Marys species name: Yellow underwing moth, Triphaena pronuba
Scientific name: Noctua pronuba
Common name: Large Yellow Underwing

Date: 22/09/1969

Picture: 43
Moths

Great elephant hawk moth. Gwaelod garden, 13/07/01
Marys species name: Great elephant hawk moth
Scientific name: Deilephila elpenor
Common name: Elephant Hawk-moth

Date: 13/07/2001

Picture: 44
Dock Insects, Barry.

White Ermine. Gwaelod. June 1989. Moth
Marys species name: White Ermine
Scientific name: Spilosoma lubricipeda 
Common name: White Ermine

Date: June 1989

Picture: 45
Lamby Lake, August 2003

Hedge brown female. Hemp agrimony, Gwaelod, August 1983
Marys species name: Hedge brown
Scientific name: Pyronia tithonus
Common name: Gatekeeper

Date: August 1983