Hi I collected several pupal cases from birch stumps on the outskirts of north London over the last two years, and I've also been lucky enough to film a...
Hi Richard, I have played around with a variety of options on the AES bugclub forum to see if I can work out a way round it. I allow attachments on that forum...
Thanks Reg - I had a play around following Pauls note and came to the same conclusion about the length of the URL. The folder idea is a lot easier for people...
Hi Paul Of the UK species it looks most like an Apamea sp, perhaps Apamea epomidion (Clouded Brindle). Of course you may have other species locally (?Belgium)...
Hi all I have put the questionnaire up on the files page so anyone who has any experience with insects please feel free to answer the questions.It will only...
Hi Paul, all, I could certainly do with something to keep restless larvae still for photography and I know I'm not alone in this. Text version of the...
Hello, I must have asked this one before. I am looking for personal observations and records of Dingy Skippers feeding on Bird's Foot Trefoil. I am looking for...
I haven't actually observed Dingy Skippers laying on Bird's Foot but is there any reason to doubt those recording this as the main foodplant of this species...
Hello, I was thinking of what happens where Horseshoe Vetch is dominant and Bird's Foot Trefoil occurs but the Dingy Skipper is associated with the expanses of...
Hello all, My interest in parasitoids is growing fast and since late august I started photographing the parasitoids.... Images of bred parasitoids found till...
These are amazing photographs - I must admit to having mixed feelings about them sometimes when they suddenly pop out in my larva cage - but they are ...
Hi all see the message below asking for larvae or pupae of certain species. please contact Nicola off group if you can help? kind regards Shane Farrell VC58...
Hi all currently cheap through Amazon and free delivery http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0670875090/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_f/203-8380733-6537547 I already have...
dear all I think this could be LARVA OF Amphipira pyramidea (pic taken on 29may2005 in Brussels in a park on Ilex aquifolium (young tree). or is it Amphipyra...
Hi Paul, There are comparison pictures in the files area at:- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Breeding_UK-Leps/files/Ident-guides/ If anyone has any comparison...
hello I do not find Id of this one. length 19 mm, very acid green.. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Breeding_UK-Leps/files/pf1331fp/03dec.jpg what do you think? ...
Hi all, A lot of progress with the website in the last few months - now approaching 400 species with at least one picture of a final instar larva. In future I...
Hi all I found this larva on 9.7.05 at Astley Moss, Lancs seemingly feeding on birch. It seems to be an early instar geometer, very approx 1cm long. Sadly the...
Larvae in pic looks similar to Callistege mi ...Mother shipton moth . however birch not its foodplant ... From: Ben Smart To: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com...
Callistege mi, should be feeding on grasses.. Jeroen Voogd _____ Van: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com] Namens Ben...
Thanks Rtus and Jeroen At Astley Moss the birches are mostly seedlings so the larva was probably moving across the low plants rather than feeding on the birch;...
Doubt if it would have attempted birch . Youll likely find it was on its way out & knew it ,hence crawled away from its main food plant.(clovers,lucerne, birds...
I don't know if the situation in England just differs from the Netherlands or Porter uses food plant information from other countries probably more southern.....
One tip when taking an unknown larva to raise on is to take a variety of plants from the surrounding area until you find out what it eats. They seem to have...
Hi David On general appearance I think gentianaenea is more likely. To get a good look for the anal comb, place the larva on a watch glass with its head ...
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