Across the southern UK the researchers found a 39-per-cent decrease in moths, while in the north, numbers were down by 22 per cent. The decline in moths in the north illustrates how the outlook ...

The British moth population is in rapid decline, according to the most comprehensive study of its kind. A report by Butterfly Conservation says the number of common moths has fallen by a third since ...

A once-extinct moth has recolonised large parts of the UK by gaining a foothold in abandoned industrial sites, conservationists said today. The small ranunculus moth disappeared from the UK before ...

Moths are invading homes across Britain, especially in London and the southeast. Data shows a significant population boom among the textile-loving insects, which destroy natural fabrics with their ...

Video, 00:00:45 Hummingbird moths colonise UK. Subsection. Science & Environment. Published. 10 June 2016. 0:45. Up Next. Meet science's most famous insect. Video, 00:02:12 Meet science's most ...

News; UK News; Insects; Toxic moths sweep across the UK - signs you've been in contact and where you're at risk The oak processionary moth was first detected in Kew Gardens in South West London in ...

UK News; Moth species found in Wales 'travelled 4,500 miles from South American jungle' The creatures were spotted three months later on a windowsill on a cold February afternoon.

Despite the fact there are only 60 species of butterfly and over 2,500 species of moth in the UK, a far higher proportion of research and environmental policies focus on butterflies.

Hawk-moths are a typically large and powerful-flying group of moths, and the death’s-head hawk-moth is a scarce visitor to Britain - with only a few found every year in late summer and autumn. It is ...