Hi all, We have over 220 registered on this forum but we don't have many posts telling us what and where members are finding any Lepidoptera early stages - or...
I spent ages last week looking at bitten honeysuckle leaves in a forest in Dorset... didn't find a blooming thing! I did find some 'tents' on a gorse-covered...
I have to admit to being a 'lurker' on this group - mainly because rearing larvae that I find is always something I mean to do but have not yet got around to. ...
Hi, I am relatively new to this group and also to rearing. Last year (fall) I have found several larvae on Dock (Rumex), because I have anticipated that it...
Hi John, With most species you only need to use cages when rearing large numbers of larvae together. For small numbers most rearers use plastic boxes . Some...
I found a tiny larva today hanging from a silk thread in my living room. It had obviously come in with my foodplant. However, it vanished between me leaving...
If you look at this http://www.ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=2673 Scarce Bordered Straw have been reported in sugar snap peas from Zambia - but at the back of my...
Thanks to Richard and Daisy for the suggestions and links. Having looked at the links that Daisy provided, I can definitely rule out Diamond back moth, and...
Hi all, decided to clear out a neglected cold-frame at the bottom of the garden today. Took the polycarbonate cover off to tackle the rampant 'weeds' only to...
Hi Reg and others, Funny that you mention the Cabbage moth. In the last few days 4 of them left their pupae and turned into lovely butterflies, which must have...
I had a cabbage moth as well. I've no idea how the pupae came to be in my back yard, maybe thrown out of the kitchen by a disgusted vegetable-buyer... ...
Hi Daisy/all The daily cleaning / removal of humidity is needed when rearing in plastic boxes - as you say, not so necessary for netted cages. Several species...
Where can I search by foodplant for caterpillar ID? I've got several 'intruders' that I've brought in on Hawthorn for my Emperors. I think they are pugs. Will...
Hi Steve/all, Unfortunately we don't get the Scarlet Tiger anywhere near my area (in NE Essex). All the localities I have found them in the past have been near...
Hi all, rECOrd used to have a list of foodplants on their website in pdf format Most common green geos on hawthorn in my area at present are:- November Moth ...
Daisy, there is also "A Field Guide to Caterpillars of Butterflies & Moths in Britain and Europe" by D. J. Carter and B. Hargreaves, 1986, Collins. Probably...
Hi Daisy, Am adding related species to BioImages at the moment, but concentrating on fungi this year. Hope to do Leps next. The most complete online database...
Thanks all for the links. I've had a search round, but of course there aren't photos for every larva. None are a good fit for me. I'll separate them out today...
Bit difficult to see but your 1st photo looks like one of the Winter Moths and the 5th one of the November moths. Check with:- http://www.ukleps.org/ Cheers ...
Hello all, I think they are all Operophtera brumata except "darker larva" which looks more like Cosmia trapezina, but there are many other likely candidates...
Hello, Just had a double take* of a small pyralid or pyralid-like day-flying moth which I originally assumed it was the common Pyrausta nigrata out at this ...
Hi Jeroen Whilst I would not disagree with the general direction of your arguments about many larvae being polyphagous and thus the food plant is not a certain...
Hello Paul, I fully agree with you but I think micro's (especially many mining species) are different in their use of a small range of foodplants in ...
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