Hi George Looks like another possible Xylena vetusta (Red Sword-grass) (perhaps somewhere between the two instars illustrated on our website). We had a similar...
Thanks Reg, clearly it's a very variable species as a larva as the colour form is very different from the one on the website, but it's a perfect match for the...
Hi all, I have just uploaded two more pictures of the 13mm larva mentioned below which was found on Maple. Unfortunately the pupa has died so no chance of...
Hi all, For those that are interested in early stages I have recently updated the website with additional stages of the following butterfly species:- Dingy,...
For anyone not on the UKmoths group, there is increasing anecdotal evidence that this species has become established in the London area - worth watching out...
Does this ring a bell with anyone? http://homepage.eircom.net/~hedgerow15/raspberry-larva-web.jpg About 1 cm. long. Might be a Sawfly, of course..... Cheers, ...
Hi all, Any tips, precautions, advice on breeding through elephant hawkmoths? its a friends first attempt and i couldn't download the file in the files...
Hi Richard It seems to be having a good year in S Devon (inc Tavistock today) where it was introduced. I believe it to be a migrant having found it in East...
Hello all, Great group, the files are very useful. I'm currently rearing some Elephant Hawkmoth caterpillars, and due to take delivery of some Death's Heads...
Hi all I've returned from Suffolk with two unidentified larvae. the first is 25mm long and was descending on a thread, probably from hazel, although there was...
Hi Ben, Haven't been able to work out what the first larva might be but the second looks as if it might be one of the variations of the Common White Wave...
Hello Daisy, I don't recall any problems handling knot grass caterpillars and they will feed on many wild plants such as Dock. They don't seem to have ...
Hi all, Yahoo (or some e-mail systems) are playing up at present. Yahoo groups are very slow at reacting - possibly the hackers have been trying to crack the...
Hi all, Here is another larva that looks distinctive enough for a positive ID. Found on 7 July feeding on the leaves of wild strawberry - there are several...
Hello all, i am a new member to the group living in the Southampton area. Earlier in the week i caught a female Great Brocade Which has laid eggs during the...
Ben, Look up Diamond-back Moth all the best john ... From: "Ben Smart" <katherine.scofield@...> To: <Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday,...
Hi John Thanks for the suggestion. Whilst it is certainly similar to Diamond-back larva it is at least twice as long and has a much more prominent row of black...
Hi Paul Thanks very much. The description is a bit vague isn't it. At a push it could describe this larva but I would have expected mention of the black spots...
Hi all, Thanks for the suggestion of Willow Beauty - that did make me think as it is quite a variable caterpillar. However, having checked the characteristics...
Hi again, Having trawled through pictures of pug and wave larvae again, the most likely candidate I can find is the Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata) ...
Hi all re: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Breeding_UK-Leps/files/Ben/cabb1.jpg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Breeding_UK-Leps/files/Ben/cabb2.jpg Just to let...
Hi Ben Don't know how this fits into the equation but down here in mid- Bucks I've been getting second-generation adults of E.forficalis in the trap since 13th...
Hi all, It does look like the picture in Porter, but the given food plants for Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata) are the flowers/seed heads of umbellifers,...
Hi Darrel, all, I don't think I would rule it out on foodplant alone as PBM Allan and others have dimidiata on a wider range of foodplants such as Hedge ...
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