Help please identifying these moths.

[Kenn]

I've been through the insect book and can't make my mind up!

[Kenn]

Small grass emerald?


Common white wave?


Heart and dart?


You've really started some thing here pterodroma!

[Pterodroma]

Hi Lizz

Some of these look like southern species with which I am not familar, but someone else may be able to help.

The third one in the first set looks like a worn Clouded-bordered Brindle which is common up here at the moment and quite variable. I agree Common White Wave and Heart and Dart.

A good book on moths is: Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland by Waring and Townsend. Not cheap but you may be able to get it from a library to give it a run before deciding whether or not to buy.

[Kenn]

Thank you will have to have a look for that book as the moth spotting is going apace here!

[Kenn]

Think the first 1 could be either a Scallop Shell or a Mottled Beauty , unfortunately that was the best picture I got.

Am completely stumped on the lovely cream and brown with the patterned wings, have even tried checking migrants but drawn a complete blank.

[WickWitch]

http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/ is a great site for identifying moths and butterflies. I hope that it helps

[Kenn]

Thank you WickWitch, have just sent them a message to find out if I can send them a picture in the hope that they can identify it.

[Kenn]

The second moth has been identified as a Pyralid or Phlyctaenia coronata.
It lives on or around elder.