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Moth – Hepialidae (Swift Moths)

Order Lepidoptera – butterflies & moths
   Superfamily Hepialoidea
      Family Hepialidae – Swift Moths
         Genera – Hepialus

The following are on the UKBAP list – Hepialus humuli (Ghost Moth)

Hepialus humali - Ghost Swift (female), Kirk Smeaton
Hepialus humuli - Ghost Moth (female), Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Hepialus humuli - Ghost Moth (male), Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Hepialus humuli - Ghost Moth, (male and female), Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Hepialus sylvina - Orange Swift (male), Kirk Smeaton
Hepialus sylvina - Orange Swift (female), Kirk Smeaton
Korscheltellus fusconebulosa - Map-winged Swift, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Korscheltellus lupulina - Common Swift, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Triodia sylvina - Orange Swift, (male and female), Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Triodia sylvina - Orange Swift, Cusworth Lane, Doncaster

Recent Posts

  • Next Meeting – Saturday 11th October 2025, a fungal foray to Lindholme 7 October 2025
  • Meeting Postponed – Tuesday 7th October to Fowlsyke Flash 4 October 2025
  • Next Meeting – At Parklands 7pm a Review of past years activities 30 September 2025
  • Next Meeting – Sat 27th Oct 2025 to Anston Stones Wood 22 September 2025
  • Next Meeting – Conisborough Parks: Wildlife on the Solar Parks site (Pt 3). 17 September 2025

Gallery

Cynips longiventris, the Striped Pea Gall, Holmes Carr Great Wood. Common European Adder (Vipera berus), Hatfield Moor.

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