Magnificent Moths

Dorset County Council's natural environment manager and ecologist Dr Phil Sterling along with Mark Parsons and painter Richard Lewington – their new book is The Field Guide to the Micro-Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Phil discusses why he is a moth man and why these nocturnal insects are a much underrated creature.

Images courtesy of Phil Sterling.

Brown-tail moth aggregation of larvae

Jersey tiger moth

Alabonia geoffrella micro-moth

Puss moth larva

Bagworm moth adult female

Bagworm moth adult male

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