Welcome to the Sussex Moth Group website

This site has been developed primarily as a resource for members of The Sussex Moth Group, though of course, anyone interested in the study of moths is more than welcome to use it too.

The main intention of this site is to provide as accurate and up to date a picture as is possible of the status, distribution and phenology of all the species of moth that have been recorded in Sussex.

Although the site aims also to provide up to date information and news on moths and mothing in Sussex, for the very latest information on sightings and trapping records go to the Sightings Page on the Sussex Butterflies website.

SMG logo, designed by Tim Freed

The Aims of the Sussex Moth Group:

To promote the study of Sussex moths
To educate and inspire young naturalists
To protect and enhance the environment for the benefit of moths
To develop good relations with other ecological agencies
To increase awareness of the importance of insects generally

The "Species search" on the left of each page on the site allows you to look for a particular species by starting to type its name (either vernacular or scientific) in the Species? box. The search results appear automatically in the box below. Simply click on the name of the species you are looking for and you will be directed to its page.

The "Quick finder" allows you to select all the members on the British list of any particular family, the species with an entry on this site will appear as hyperlinks in bold.

The presence of a diamond (♦) next to a search result indicates there is a record for that species for today, 19 May, in the database and so therefore it is currently within its flight season.

The box on the right lists the ten most frequently recorded species on this day, not necessarily the most abundant though it is likely that there is a direct correlation between frequency of recording and abundance.

Current photo count: 2227 images of 927 species.

Most recorded species on
19 May:

Pseudopanthera macularia
Spilosoma lubricipeda
Tyria jacobaeae
Agrotis exclamationis
Agrotis puta
Ochropleura plecta
Hada plebeja
Orthosia gothica
Plutella xylostella
Ethmia bipunctella