Identifying Distinctive Moths

If you find yourself wondering ‘what’s that plant?’ and you want to find out more about natural history, maybe you’re looking to build on your existing knowledge, starting out on your career path trying to build relevant skills, or perhaps you’re an established ecological professional in need of a specific course for your development, we will have the course for you.

The Field Studies Council

Do you know your Cinnabar from your Brimstone moths? Your Buff Tip from your Angle Shades?

Far from being the dull relatives of butterflies, moths are amongst our most vibrant and interesting insects, with over 2500 species in the UK.Each year the public and volunteers across the country snap photos of moths they encounter and tell others what they’ve seen. Scientists and wildlife conservationists rely on data on moth sightings shared by the public and volunteers across the UK. We’re on a mission to introduce more people to the UK’s most recognisable moths. Complete our free online course, produced with moth experts, to learn and gain certified moth ID skills. By getting to know the names of moths you can better appreciate the wildlife in your area, contribute better data to citizen science surveys and take first steps to becoming an ID volunteer!This new ID course is for absolute beginners to moth spotting and naming. We’ll focus on a handful of the most distinctive and commonly seen moths. You will learn the appearance and characteristics of these moths, how to spot them and tell them apart from similar kinds using photographs.The course is completely free and you get a certificate for passing. After working through the self-study content and quizzes in your own time, you will then complete an automatically-graded identification photo test.Please note that anyone registering for this course now will be registered on the online course AFTER 19 Sep 2022 and will only be able to access the course following this.

This course was developed by the Field Studies Council and Butterfly Conservation as part of the Supporting Science project.Butterfly Conservation is the UK charity dedicated to saving butterflies and moths. Butterflies and moths matter because they are key indicators of the health of our environment. They connect us to nature and contribute to our well-being. Butterfly Conservation improves landscapes for butterflies and moths, creating a better environment for us all. Our research provides advice on how to conserve and restore habitats. We run projects to protect more than 100 threatened species and we are involved in conserving hundreds of sites and reserves.Supporting Science is a new project that will help support both new and established recorders of moths and butterflies. It will provide training and new web-based tools to progress both the collection and verification of data. The project will also help engage a much wider and diverse range of people in collecting and submitting information about their local butterfly and moth populations. Supporting Science has been made possible thanks to DCMS and National Lottery funding, distributed by The Heritage Fund as part of their Digital Skills for Heritage initiative. We are also grateful to The Henry C. Hoare Charitable Trust, Sophia Webster Ltd. and The Lochlands Trust for their generous support.

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