Mullein
You're more likely to see the attractive, brightly coloured caterpillars than the mullein moth itself.
You're more likely to see the attractive, brightly coloured caterpillars than the mullein moth itself.
Great mullein is an impressive, tall plant of waste ground, roadside verges and gardens. Its candle-like flower spikes rise from rosettes of furry, silver-green leaves.
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Plant flowers that release their scent in the evening to attract moths and, ultimately, bats looking for an insect-meal into your garden.
One of the few moths that fly in winter, often seen in car headlights.
Join us at the Breakwater country park for a free coffee, followed by a walk up the rugged coast to North Stack to see the seabird colony.
The puss moth is a large and fluffy moth, with a very strange looking caterpillar.
Whether they are tumbles of soft rock home to a variety of invertebrates, or hard, soaring rock faces bustling with huge seabird colonies, maritime cliffs may be challenging to explore but are…
The brimstone moth is a yellow, night-flying moth with distinctive brown-and-white spots on its angular forewings. It frequently visits gardens, but also likes woods, scrub and grasslands.
This fluffy moth is one of the few species that fly in winter.
The large, fluffy caterpillars of this moth are often seen in summer and early spring.
A small, day-flying moth that can often be seen visiting garden herbs.