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Flowers to Attract Moths

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Butterfly Plants

Angelica (angelica archangelica) - White Spotted Pug

6-spot Burnet MothBird's Foot Trefoil (lotus corniculatus) - Burnet, Belted Beauty, Chalk Carpet, Latticed Heather

Bladder Campion (silene vulgaris)- Campion, Marbled Coronet, Nettle Pug, Marbled Clover, Dark Brocade, Sandy Carpet

Borage (borago officinalis) - Crimson Speckled

Chives (allium schoenprasum)

Wild Clary (salvia horminoides) - Twin-spot Carpet

Biting Stonecrop (sedum acre) - Yellow Ringed Carpet, Northern Rustic

Cowslip (primula veris) - Plain Clary, Northern Rustic

Daisy - Bordered Straw

Dropwort (filipendula hexapetala) - Satyr Pug

Evening Primrose (oenothera biennis) - Elephant Hawk

Field Scabious (kanutia arvensis) - Marsh Fritillary, Narrow Bordered Bee Hawk, Lime Speck Pug, Shaded Pug

Foxglove (digitalis purpurea) - Lesser Yellow Underwing, Foxglove Pug

Golden Rod (solidago) - Lime Speck Pug, Bleached Pug, Golden Rod, Wormwood Pug, V Pug

Greater Stitchwort (stellaria holostea) - Dart, Yellow Underwing, Marsh Pug, Plain Clary

Hedge Bedstraw (gallium mollugo) - Ruddy Carpet, Royal Mantle, Common Carpet, Wood Carpet, Water Carpet, Beech Green Carpet, Mottled Grey, Green Carpet

Hedge Woundwort (stachys sylvatica) - Rosy Rustic, Plain Golden Y, Sub-angled Wave

Hemp Agrimony (eupatorium cannabinum) - Wormwood Pug, V Pug, Lime Speck Pug, Marsh Pug, Gem, Scarce Burnished

Herb Bennet (geum urbanum) - Riband Wave

Herb Robert (geranium robertianum) - Barred Carpet

Hollyhock (althaea rosea) - Mallow

Kidney Vetch (anthyllis vulneraria) - 6-belted Clearwing

Lady's Bedstraw (gallium verum) - Hummingbird Hawk, Small Elephant Hawk, Gallium Carpet, Plain Wave, Riband Wave, Bedstraw Hawk, Archer's Dart, Red Chestnut, Ruddy Carpet, Royal Mantle, Common Carpet, Water Carpet, Beech Green Carpet, Red Twin Spot Carpet, Wood Carpet, Mottled Grey, Green Carpet

Lady's Mantle (alchemilla mollis) - Red Carpet

Lesser Knapweed (centaurea nigra) - Silver Y, Lime Speck Pug, Satyr Pug

Lesser Meadow Rue - Marsh Carpet

Maiden Pink (dianthus deltoides) - Marbled Coronet

Marjoram (majorana orignaum) - Sub-angled Wave, Lace Border

Marshmallow (althea officinalis) - Marshmallow

Meadow Clary (salvia pratensis) - Brown Spot Pinion, Hebrew Character, Powder4ed Quaker, Emperor

Meadowsweet (filipendula ulmaria)

Mullein - Mullein, Striped Lychnis

Navelwort (umbilicus rupestris) - Weaver's Wave

Pink - Hawk

Primrose (primula vulgaris) - Pearl Bordered Yellow Underwing, Double Square Spot, Green Arches, Triple Spotted Clary, Ingrained Clary, Silver Ground Carpet

Elephant Hawk MothPurple Loosestrife (lythrum salicaria) - Emperor, Small Elephant Hawk, Powdered Quake

Ragged Robin (lychnis flos cuculi) - Campion, Lychnis, Twin-spot Carpet, Marbled Clover

Red Campion (melandrium rubrum) - Rivulet, Campion, Lychnis, Twin-spot Carpet, Sandy Carpet, Marbled Clover

Red Clover (trifolium pratense) - Latticed Heath, Chalk Carpet, Belted Beauty, Mother Skipton, Shaded Broad Bar, Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet

Red Valerian (centranthus ruber) - Elephant Hawk

Rock Rose (helianthemum mummularium) - Amulet, Cistus Forester, Silky Wave, Ashworth's Rustic, Argus, Wood Tiger, Northern Brown

Rosebay Willowherb - Twin-spot Carpet, Small Phoenix, White Banded Carpet

Small Scabious (scabiosa columbaria) - Lime Speck Pug, Shaded Pug

Soapwort (saponaria officinalis) - Marbled Clover

St John's Wort - Treble Bar

Sweet Rocket (hesperis matronalis)

Sweet Violet (viola odorata) - Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing, Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing

Tansy (tanacetum vulgare) - Essex Emerald

Thrift (armeria maritima) - Amulet, Feathered Ranunculus, Thrift Clearwing, Black Banded

Thyme - Thyme Pug, Satyr Pug, Lace Border

Toadflax (linaria vulgaris) - Toadflax Pug, Marbled Clover

Valerian (valeriana officinalis) - Valerian Pug, Lesser Cream Wave

Viper's Bugloss (echium vulgare)

White Campion (silene latifolia alba) - Marbled Coronet, Marbled Clover, Sandy Carpet

Wild Basil (clinopodium vulgare)

Wild Clematis (clematis vitalnba) - Lime Speck Pug, Haworth's Pug, Small Emerald, The Fern, Pretty Chalk Carpet, Least Carpet, Pug, Chalk Carpet, Small Waved Umber

White Clover (trifolium repens) - Cloudy Wing Skipper, Orange, Clouded Sulphur

Wild Pansy (viola tricolor) - Pluvia

Wild Strawberry (fragaria vesca) - Amulet, Yellow Shell, Beautiful Carpet, Dark Marbled Carpet

Wild Wallflower - Flame Carpet

Wormwood (artemesia absinthium) - Wormwood Pug

Yarrow (achillea millefolium) - Essex Emerald, Lime Speck Pug, Straw Belle, Wormwood Pug, Ruby Tiger, Yarrow Pug, V Pug, Sussex Emerald, Grey Pug, Tawny Speckled Pug, Common Pug, Mullein Wave

Yellow Flag Iris (iris pseudacorus) - Belted Beauty, Water Ermine


Barberry - Scarce Tissue, Wheat

Blackthorn/Sloe - March, Common Emerald, Little Emerald, Mottled Pug, Feathered Thorn, Orange, Scalloped Hazel, Scalloped Oak, August Thorn, Brimstone, Early Thorn, Pale Brindled Beauty, Blue Bordered Carpet, Broken Barred Carpet, November, Pale November, Winter, Sloe Pug, Green Pug, Sharp Angled Peacock, The Magpie

Broom - Grass Emerald, The Streak, Broom-tip, Lead Belle, Spanish Carpet, Frosted Yellow

Dog Rose - V Pug, Little Thorn, Shoulder Stripe, Barred Yellow, Streamer

Hawthorn - March, Common Emerald, Little Emerald, November, Pale November, Winter, Mottled Pug, Pinion Spotted Pug, Common Pug, Grey Pug, Peppered, Brindled Beauty, Pale Brindled Beauty, Feathered Thorn, Scalloped Hazel, The Magpie, Scalloped Oak, Large Thorn, Early Thorn, Oak Tree Pug, Broken Barred Carpet

Hazel - Oak Beauty, Small White Wave, The Magpie, Clouded Border, Barred Umber, Winter, Pale November

Oak - Brindled Pug, Oak Tree Pug, Spring Usher, Peppered, Oak Beauty, Brindled Beauty, Pale Brindled Beauty, Small Brindled Beauty, Feathered Thorn, Orange, Lunar Thorn, Purple Thorn, Scalloped Hazel, Scalloped Oak, Scorched Wing, Large Thorn, August Thorn, November, September Thorn, Pale November, Winter, March, Blotched Emerald, Common Emerald, Little Emerald, False Mocha, Maiden's Blush, Marbled ug, Red-green Carpet, Broken Barred Carpet

Rowan - Orange Underwing, Welsh Wave, Mottled Pug, Red-green Carpet

Wild Privet - Lilac Beauty, Barred Toothed Striped, Yellow Barred Brindle, Small Bloodvein


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