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 ...
Re releases: the worst potential damage has not been mentioned. Protection of good biodiverse habitats is based on the records of rare species. Unfortunately a...
Hello, I agree with Malcolm.. I could not have worded it better myself. Captive bred butterflies sometimes (a few photographs seen) seem sometimes not to have...
Hi there, Another interesting item has popped up on the UK Butterflies forum that I thought I'd cross-post, since members of this forum are probably...
Hi Chris, Larva 4-12 June.jpg is a sawfly. Larva 6-28 October.jpg looks like Large Yellow Underwing. Did you find it on the ground? HTH Malcolm ... From:...
Yes Malcolm, the larva was on the ground between plant debris. ... From: Malcolm Storey To: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006...
Thanks a lot, Jeroen! ... Van: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com]Namens Jeroen Voogd Verzonden: zondag 29 januari 2006...
Hallo Chris Your picture 4, correctly identified as a bladwesp by Jeroen, might be Elinora dominiquei. Its foodplants are Brassica, Raphanus and Sinapis spp....
Hi Ian, Thanks for the info. There was indeed Sinapis arvensis in the neigbourhood. If you know more about the ID, please let me know. Thanks, Chris ... From:...
Hi all, I have had a couple of e-mails sent to this forum recently which advertised livestock for sale. I don't think this is a suitable forum for commercial...
One of my correspondents has sent me this picture taken today in Yorkshire: http://homepage.eircom.net/~hedgerow12/idhelp.htm I'm guessing it's a lep and at...
Hi Stuart It's not a moth but probably a species of hymenoptera. I've had similar cases formed from parasitised lepidopterous larvae. Cheers Ben Smart ... ...
Hi In my experience, a banded coccoon like that is usually an Icneumon of some kind. Regards Matt Stuart <cipeen@...> wrote: One of my correspondents...
... similar ... Ben, Matt, Thanks. It took about 2 milliseconds from hitting the send button for the word 'ichneumon' to come to mind. Ho hum. Cheers, Stuart...
Hi Stuart, Has your friend kept the cocoon - it would be interesting to see what emerges.... For new members to this site (and a reminder to others) we have a ...
Hi all, Last summer I tried to breed P. machaon from overwintering pupae. I got ten sorted butterflies 6 females 4 males. I had no problem with mating. I got 3...
Hi Giovanni, I have never reared them myself (and it is now illegal to take them from the wild in the UK) but Peter Cribbs handbook on Breeding Butterflies...
Hi All I've just received a request from Roger Dennis, Oxford Brookes University (Biological Sciences), for information on the use of alternative larval...
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Hi all, I have added a lot of new species to the website in the last few weeks including over 60 so-called micro species - many excellent pictures from Ben...
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