Happy New Year to everyone, Can anyone 'do' this very active larva found in a cardboard box on Jan 9th? http://homepage.eircom.net/~hedgerow18/idhelp.htm 2.5...
Hi Stuart, Looks like Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa). And a happy and interesting "Entomological" New Year to everyone also! Cheers Reg ... [Non-text...
Hi all, Am gradually extending the number of pupae illustrated in close-up on the http://www.ukleps.org/ website. Apart from the difficulty in photographing...
I found a elephant hawk moth caterpillar last sept/oct. I work in education and kept it in a habitat with willowherb to feed on to show schoolchildren. It...
Hi there, well, you could take a few pictures of it, or you could set it, then you would have to kill it but if you released it the result would be the same. ...
I agree with the reply from Andy.I haven't bred the elephant hawk for years now but I would think that what you think is cool for the pupae is in fact too...
I had one emerge out of sequence last summer so I let it go after taking pictures. If you are going the photography route, put it in a plastic container in the...
Hi Paul, (and all) You may well be right but there are so many similar larvae that overwinter when part grown that I wouldn't like to put money on which ...
Hello, Can anyone put a name on this larva, around two cms. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Breeding_UK-Leps/files/Chris/ Thanks. Chris [Non-text portions...
Hi Chris The pale dorsum on the thoracic segments with a central darker line is typical, but not always as distinct as on your specimen, of Syndemis musculana....
Hi Thanks for your reply. The moth is still alive & I'm feeding it on sugared water. It probably hasn't many days left -we did try to release it on a warmer...
One for Id , cant help much but believe its micro ? its such an interesting larvae. Photo was taken june 2005 @ Hartland quay,cornwall.Larvae died before...
anyone would thnk im not used to computers...Just out of practice posting to forums..LOL. anyhow link should take you (but didnt) to files UNKNOWN o55.JPG rtus...
Hi all, I have just been writing an illustrated article on Lepidoptera Life Cycles to add to the website. As part of this article I have included detail of the...
response to "sarntelias" sarntelias@... email. food plant = Potentilla reptans as in pic.. (not known if this is what it feeds on but it looked likely...
yet another unknown to me . micro type ? I dont have any Id books on these .. Larvae found on cutting of Nirium Oleander plant I keep for feeding to Hawk moths...
Hi Tony 1) My guess for rtus02-03-07a.JPG is the established alien Cacoecimorpha pronubana (Torticidae), but I'd check with the ukmicromoths group. Larvae...
Hi all, At last the new season is starting to get going. The first of the larger spring moths emerged today - a Small Eggar (Eriogaster lanestris) female....
Hi group, My mum found this on my back yard wall, I think it was originally behind some plaster but a lot has fallen off recently. Resident monkey has removed...
It does have a look of my Elephant and Spurge hawkmoth pupae too... but I'm a novice as well and don't want to get too excited. Of course I could just wait...
Whilst I don't want to rain on anyone's parade.....am I the only one here who'd rather not have links to political party websites posted as part of messages? ...
Hi Keith, We went thru all that a few months back - or maybe that was on another group? Anyway, personally I'm pleased to see any politicians showing an ...
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