Unidentified moth

[Pensioner]

Yesterday my wife spotted a rather splendid looking moth sitting on a vine leaf in the garden.  Does anyone know what it is or where I maight find that out?  It spent most of the day there, suggesting it is nocturnal.  I hope an image is attached.

[NightHawk]

This is a Jersey Tiger moth.

Seen between July and September, often day-flying, in gardens and other open habitats, especially near the coast.

[Eric Hardy]

Indeed, a very splendid moth. You can rely on Laurie to come up with an answer on moths! 

Eric H

[Pensioner]

Thank you for that.  It seems to be a long way from Jersey in South-East London!

[NightHawk]

This is due to the effects of climate change.

For over 100 years, Jersey Tigers were found mainly in the Channel Islands and the south west, which were the only parts of Britain that were reliably warm enough for them.

But they have now ventured further afield, so it's not as uncommon to see them moving northwards.

Gives more people the opportunity to witness their beauty close up 

[ideasguy]

Another mystery solved, many thanks to Laurie!
Nice to see you posting in this section of the forum, Richard

I imagine its a bit out of its comfort zone to appear in N Ireland I haven't seen anything like that before.

Isn't it amazing how diverse and beautiful they are.
Not so nice when they are in the larvae stages on cabbage though

Thanks to Laurie we now know that the Elephant Hawkmoth has a liking to Fuchsias.
Your one seems to like Vine leaves

[Pensioner]

Today we saw this moth flying.  It has an amazing orange-brown colour in flight totally obscured when at rest as in the photo.  It moved from vine to Kiwi-fruit vine to camelias in a neighbour's garden.  I see also an online Daily Mail article that this moth has definitely reached London for the first time this year it seems.