Moths (2) to be found in and around Torphins Wood, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Insects

- beetles 2

- earwigs

- flies

- hoverflies

- saw flies and wood wasps

- butterflies and moths 1

- butterflies and moths 2

- dragonflies and damselflies

Flatworms

Slugs and snails

Worms and leeches

Millipedes and centipedes

Arachnida

- mites

Crustacea

- water fleas

- cyclops

Torphins is a village in upper Deeside, Aberdeenshire Scotland. There is nothing particularly special about the wood, it is a mixed species coniferous/deciduous wood, so things found there can probably be found in many other Scottish, British or even European woods. For more information on Torphins itself and the human population there go to Torphins.org.

Dark arches, Apamea monoglypha

Adults fly in meadows and grassy places in June and July.

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Ghost swift moth caterpillar, Hepialus humuli caterpillar

Ghost swift moth cocoon, Hepialus humuli cocoon

Ghost swift moth adult, Hepialus humuli adult

Ghost swift moth, Swift moth, Ghost moth, Hepialus humuli

The caterpillar is up to 40 mm long, found in fields, gardens, near grasses. The moth is a night flier.

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Vapourer moth caterpillar, Orgyia antiqua

Vapourer, Orgyia antiqua

Found in woods, hedges, parks and gardens in spring and summer as a caterpillar, and July and August as an adult moth.

Caterpillar legth when fully grown is 35 mm.

Six-spot Burnet moth, Zygaena filipendulae

Adults are seen in open, gressy site with plenty of flowers from June to August.

The caterpillar feeds on birdsfoot trefoil, and is 22 mm long when fully grown, it is short, fat and tapered at both ends.

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Stonehaven, Scotland