Small friendly moth for ID please

Bennyboymothman · #11 (**permalink**) 15-09-2009, 08:49 AM

Waring, Townsend & Lewington or WT&L as its known is the Moth er's bible, I have the Chris Manley book aswell but it is not a great source for identification as some species are mis-labelled and for micros its not great either because their are so many alike, it doesn't always show the more commoner species, thus people are duped into thinking they have a rarity.

Its a nice picture book though to show someone who's not interested in Moths, to get them interested!

Hedera · #12 (**permalink**) 15-09-2009, 11:14 AM

Thank you all for the tips, am having fun looking. The WTL looks good.

andy brown · #13 (**permalink**) 15-09-2009, 11:19 AM

Bennyboymothman, i have the 2 books mentioned by peter would you recomment the purchase of the WT&L (Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland) as well, or would it be overkill

Cheers

Andy

peter2009 · #14 (**permalink**) 15-09-2009, 04:30 PM

Andy

It's the same as the ring bind one,but with more info,432 pages

peter

andy brown · #15 (**permalink**) 15-09-2009, 04:53 PM

Thanks for that, might get it if i see it with significant discount somewhere

Cheers

Andy

Bennyboymothman · #16 (**permalink**) 16-09-2009, 08:26 AM

Yes Andy
As Peter says its the same pictures (-1 actually that being Clancy's Rustic) although their is a revised edition (2009) out now which i'm trying to get my hands on in a book shop but haven't seen it anywhere yet, I believe its on Amazon.
The new revosed edition apparently updates the text and a shows a few more variations of Moths.