Hi Reg Here's a pic of the cremaster if its any use for id of the Epirrita larva. Cheers ben ... From: Reg Fry To: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Sorry That was meant to go to Reg, hence why the attachment doesn't appear! Cheers Ben Smart ... From: Ben Smart To: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
This is OT, as the pupa concerned is Cricula Andrei, but I thought this might be a good place to ask. I found three fat grubs in the emerging cage today. I...
Hi Matt, They were flies, and have pupated. How long before they emerge? The cocoons I purchased were wild-caught, and I have kept the one that they came out...
I started breeding lepidoptera in early childhood but for the last few years my life has not been reliably stable enough for me to pursue my hobby with the...
Hi Daisy Thanks for your reply. I'd be interested to know where you got the pupae from. I have no idea how long the flies will take to emerge, but I would...
Dear All, Last weekend whilst admiring the bluebells in Collingbourne Wood (Eastern Wiltshire) we found ourselves amongst an emergence/gathering of hundreds of...
Hi Anand, There are a lot of similar caterpillars to both your photos and it is essential in these cases to have a photo of both top and side views. Jeroen may...
Laurence Your attachments didn't make it (Yahoo strips them automatically from e-mails - if you want to post pictures you need to place them in the photos or...
Dear All, Sorry that the images I attached to my original message didn't arrive. Hopefully they are now in the folder titled L.McG. Aren't those antennae quite...
Matt, I'll put them in the post on Tuesday. Hope to learn what they are called, and to see pictures of them when they emerge. Otherwise, I'm very glad they...
Hello, I agree with Re'g, the first is most likely Xestia baja (penultimate instar) but I have always troubel with the Diarsia spp and several Xestia spp. The...
Many thanks Reg and Jeroen, I was getting more convinced by studying 'Porter' that the one with the two pairs of triangles was Xestia Triangulum so surprised...
Hello all, Seeing these pictures I no longer think the second caterpillar is Noctua comes, it seems to be a Xestia sp. too, probabaly even Xestia baja which is...
Hi Jeroen, all That just goes to prove again that you do need to see top and side views of most caterpillars to have any chance of identifying them. Three...
Hi Ben, I beat a fairly similar larva around 30mm from birch yesterday. It looks a bit like one (the second pic) of your photos on the website - the Willow...
Hello Ben, Reg, Peribatodes rhomboidaria has a different head, I think this is just one of the many appearances of Agriopis marginaria. Kind regards, Jeroen...
Hi Jeroen/Reg Thanks very much for your responses. I thought it might be Dotted Border (Agriopis marginaria) but was unsure about Scarce Umber (Agriopis...
Hello Ben, Yes that is certainly right, aurantiaria has much longer hairs in comparison with marginaria. I think there is another difference, marginaria is...
What I thought was a pre-pupal chestnut larva has escaped! It was very quiet and still so I cleared out the old leaves and frass from the pot and put the pot...
... Thanks for that Daisy. It could be useful as might other things on that site. I have looked at your personal website I hope you continue to put your...
Thanks Neil. I would just say that it's a very big cage if you DON'T have a potted plant in it. I have learnt this to my cost tonight with about 150 Antheraea...
Dear All, found this caterpillar (22mm) on Wych Elm (Ulmus Glabra) today and after looking through Jim Porter's book I'm still left mystified. Interestingly...
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