[mrs bouquet]

I am trying to identify all the butterflys and moths in my garden.   Find the poster on Google difficult.
Please can anybody send me a really good and clear link.  Thanks.  Mrs Bouquet

[New shoot]

This is a good one for butterflies

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife/identify-british-butterflies

[mrs bouquet]

Hey, thats a good one.  I seem to have most of those, but haven't seen a Peacock.  Also I have a tiny completely bright blue one.  I seem to think it may be a South Downs Butterfly, but not sure.  Thanks, 

[mumofstig]

A Common Blue? I've seen them here, as well 

https://butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/common-blue

[Kleftiwallah]

We have a very useful pocket sized book (paperback).
Butterflies and Moths of Britain and Europe by H. Hofmann & T Marktanner.

It's in the Collins Natural guides series, ISBN 0-26-167404-8

Cheers,  Tony.

[jaydig]

Hey, thats a good one.  I seem to have most of those, but haven't seen a Peacock.  Also I have a tiny completely bright blue one.  I seem to think it may be a South Downs Butterfly, but not sure.  Thanks,

Peacock butterflies used to be reasonably common a few years ago, but I rarely see them nowadays.  One of the plants that they love to lay their eggs on is the common nettle, so if you can, leave a small patch of these to grow in the hopes that they may use it to lay on.
About three years ago we had loads of elephant hawkmoth caterpillars on our fucshias. They were ravenous and virtually stripped two large plants, but I left them there because I felt it was worth losing the fuchsias for one year for the benefit of the moths.  The fuchsias grew back fine the following year, but we've never seen the hawkmoths again.

[hamstergbert]

We have a very useful pocket sized book (paperback).
Butterflies and Moths of Britain and Europe by H. Hofmann & T Marktanner.

It's in the Collins Natural guides series, ISBN 0-26-167404-8

Cheers,  Tony.

2 at £3.49 or £6.50 at World of Books (free P&P) at the time of writing.