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...
... what ... Yes Reg, It's being kept at garage temperature. She'll take a photo of what emerges, and I'll have another look at it then. With reference to...
Hi all, It has been suggested that we should build a web database containing the full biology / life history of northern European Lepidoptera to assist in the...
Hi Reg, Just for your information: English Nature are said to be preparing to put their Phyotophagous Insects database online. As I understand it, this is will...
Hi Malcolm, ... I don't suppose that will add much (anything?) to the lists already published though. Despite the Lepidoptera being the most studied group...
dear members I found this larva in a stem of Holcus lanatus, close to the ground. length 13mm. closest I come is Mesapamea didyma. What do you think? ...
A larva found under the bark of an oak tree (lots of rotting material underneath) in Perivale Wood (Middx TQ18). I'm not even sure this is lepidoptera. Any...
Hi Paul It's one of the Minors - Oligia spp. You'll need to rear it through and then check the adult to get an id. Cheers Ben Smart ... From: "pf1331_fp"...
Sorry Paul I think your original suggestion (Mesapamea didyma) may have been correct!, although I don't know if its possible to separate this larva from M...
Hi all, Have just received a copy of Butterfly Conservations report "the state of britains larger moths". I haven't managed to take it all in yet but it makes...
Ben Thanks for answer. Going on with answerand question from Ben, are there caracteristics to separate larvae of M. secalis from M. didyma regards paul ... ...
... what ... Well, it's a parasitic wasp. It emerged this week and I have received this image: http://homepage.eircom.net/~hedgerow12/reference.htm Sorry for...
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Hi all I've uploaded photos of a couple of larvae that I've not seen before. One is a 12mm long larva that I found under a plantpot in the garden close to...
Hi Ben, No. 1 could be an Old Lady (Mormo maura) which hibernates as a part grown larva - see the website. Will have to give a bit more thought to No. 2. ...
Hello Ben, The geometrid looks like Scopula sp. The noctuid looks like Momo maura. Kind regards, Jeroen Voogd _____ Van: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com ...
Thanks Jeroen and Reg for your replies. I am sure you are both correct about the Old Lady (Mormo maura). It's a good match for the photos on the website. Like...
Hi Ben, If you haven't seen Kimmos picture - the markings of 2 look very much like the example at:- http://kimmos.freeshell.org/lnel/g7/idadimid.htm Regards ...
Hi all I am not familiar with the variable scarce hawkmoth larvae and cannot make my mind up on either Bedstraw or Spurge for this one. can anyone possibly ...
euphorbia ... From: shane.farrell To: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 8:01 PM Subject: [Breeding_UK-Leps] hawkmoth larva Hi all I...
Hi Can anyone id the attached larva, common on heather at Astley Moss, Lancs - approx 1cm long? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Breeding_UK-Leps/files/Ben/nr.jpg...
Hi Ben, I don't recognise it from personal experience but possibly the Heath Rustic (Xestia agathina)? If so we could do with some better pictures for the...
A caterpillar found earlier today. Size approx 25mm (although it tends to curl up whenever I get near it with a measuring device so there is some inaccuracy...
... Forgot to mention the location. Horsenden Hill, Middlesex, TQ18. -- David Howdon (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/) -- No virus found in this...
Hello David, You are quite right. However the pictures on Reg's excellent side are also correct. I think this is a very nice illustration of the need to show ...
Hi David/all The pictures on the website were all pre-hibernation. Unfortunately the two larvae I had didn't survive the winter but then a friend locally found...
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