Chris Mattison / Oak beauty moth (Biston strataria) resting on lichen. Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, Wales. March, UK. Focus-stacked image.

Chris Mattison / Scalloped hazel moth (Odontopera bidentata) on white background. Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Chris Mattison / Scalloped hazel moth (Odontopera bidentata) on leaf. Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Chris Mattison / Pale brindled beauty (Phigalia pilosaria) on white background. Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. February.

Steven David Miller / Four o'clock moth (Dysphania numana) male on tree trunk. Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

Nigel Cattlin / Common emerald moth (Hemithea aestivaria). Berkshire, England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Winter moth (Operophtera brumata) caterpillar and young damaged Apple (Malus domestica) leaf. Caterpillar a serious pest in apple orchards. England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Apple (Malus domestica) leaf bud with damage caused by developing Winter moth (Operophtera brumata) caterpillar. England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Winter moth (Operophtera brumata) caterpillar on damaged young Rose (Rosa sp) leaf. England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Winter moth (Operophtera brumata) feeding on Rose (Rosa sp) flower bud. England, UK.

Robert Thompson / Water carpet moth (Lampropteryx suffumata) on log, Clare Glen, Tandragee, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK. March.

Robert Thompson / Moth (Milionia zonea) Amami Island, Kagoshima, Japan.