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Re: [Breeding_UK-Leps] Re: Parasites on Puss Moth cat

Hi Paul,

ime assuming the host always dies after such erruptions of parasites. Ever
heard of or had any larvae surviving and managing to produce an adult moth?

Also hope you are now well on the road to recovery.

Andy


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Hi all When I started to clean and feed my stock of Puss Moth larvae this morning I found one larva with a large "clump" of bright green translucent larvae of ... 		Paul Talbot
paulinvc63
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11:51 am

Hi, I assume they are parasites, fly most likley. I am rearing large and small white caterpillars and found one of my small white caterpillars yesterday had...
dynamixware
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10:41 pm

I'm pretty certain they are not the larvae of a fly, Tachinid larvae are all internal parasites of larvae as far as I know.   Why not rear them out and see...
Matt Smith
matsmith60
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6:12 pm

Hi Matt I have the Puss Moth seperated in a container on its own to see what appears from this. I can only assume its one of the parasites that lays its eggs...
Paul Talbot
paulinvc63
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6:36 pm

Hi Paul, ime assuming the host always dies after such erruptions of parasites. Ever heard of or had any larvae surviving and managing to produce an adult...
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mothstoto
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6:40 pm

Hi Andy I dont expect the Puss cat to survive the parasites as its not eating much and is obviously not behaving as one would expect a healthy cat to behave. ...
Paul Talbot
paulinvc63
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7:17 pm

Hi Paul, Could you get a close-up shot of these? To me it looks less like parasitoids and more like a larva has been accidentally squashed and eviscerated. ...
risvaldo
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3:35 pm

Hi Paul Hi Andy I have been watching the thread for a few days expecting an alternative solution; several years ago I had a caterpillar in a similar state -...
Paul Nichol
elpenor50
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10:13 pm

Paul, I think you are closer to a plausible explanation for what has happened here - may I suggest a prolapse is a better description of what has happened...
Martyn Panes
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Hi all Sorry for the tardy response to this. I have some damage to my hand from a bad cycle crash and have been in and out of hospital for scans and Xrays in ...
Paul Talbot
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