Identifying a carpet moth the carpet moth is smaller than a common house moth.
Garden carpet moth.
Garden carpet moth the presence and intensity of the middle bar varies from almost no bar left above below to a slight medium bar centre above below to a full bar right above below.
Water carpet lampropteryx suffumata moth id.
Carpet moths are buff coloured with forewings that usually have three distinct dots.
Recorded in 66 96 of 69 10k squares.
A common species throughout the british isles this moth shows a preference for suburban habitats but can be found almost anywhere.
The adults can be found at rest on walls and fences during the day and is readily disturbed.
Garden carpet moth xanthorhoe fluctuata.
Egb3yy rm dotted carpet alcis jubata adult moth resting on the bark of a tree.
Small mark on costa near apex.
G16xt3 rf garden carpet xanthorhoe fluctuata adult moth resting on tree bark.
It was first described by carl linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of systema naturae.
Last recorded in 2020.
The garden carpet xanthorhoe fluctuata is a moth of the family geometridae.
They fly from dusk.
A preference for suburban habitats but can be found almost anywhere.
The hind wings are smaller in comparison and lighter coloured.
In terms of shelter delay cutting back old plants in autumn and leave some piles of fallen leaves.
It is an abundant and familiar species across its huge range which covers the whole palearctic region from ireland to japan and including the near east and north africa.
Darker forms of the moth found in the northern isles northern scotland and urban parts of london resemble the striped twin spot carpet but the dark band on the forewings is darker on the leading half in the garden carpet.
British insect in the family geometridae the geometer moths id.
The garden carpet is a common moth over most of europe north africa and asia through to the far east.
Central cross band well marked in costal half but poorly marked in dorsal half.
With a body about 5mm long and a wingspan of about 14 18mm.
Polymorphic and variable but generally readily identified from its three black blackish forewing marks basal fascia confluent with black thorax.
First recorded in 1924.
