Hi I wonder if anyone can id this 15mm ?noctuid larva which I found on creeping thistle last week. Photos of larva in my file. All suggestions welcome. ...
Hello Ben, This is Orthosia gracilis, which lives on a lot of herbaceous plants. I have found more larvas on Artemisia vulgaris, the young larvas forming...
Hi Ben, One of the Orthosias. Check its markings against the O. opima (at 17mm) which I was sent a couple of years ago. Unfortunately that one didn't make the...
Hi Reg/Tymo thanks for your comments. I agree that it's probably O gracilis, but like Reg I thought the larva looked identical to the O opima (northern drab)...
Hello Dave, At the moment you can find fullgrown larvas of L. quercus, you can breed them in a easy way. I would notice that caterpillars, before they pupate,...
Hi Ben, all Yes I am sure the website photos are correct for O. opima - they were sent to me by a very experienced Lepidopterist who has bred a wide range of...
Hi Reg I'll try to rear and let you have photos of any pupa / adult that emerges. I don't think Northern drab has been recorded in Lancs for 7 years and...
I found a caterpillar on oak (27 May), reared it and it turned out to be an Archips xylosteana. You can find some pictures through the links below Larva ...
Hi all, As suspected all the larvae I found on dock (at least, those that survived) turned out to be the Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes). The last four...
Hello Prasad, I agree with repandata, but the oxyacanthae isn't an noctuid but a geometer. Do you remember the hostplant? It looks like Eulithis testata which ...
Thanks Tymo, I have unwrapped the leaf, and there is a well formed cocoon in side. I have put the cocoon in a separate container and am waiting, hopefully. ...
Hi Tymo, Oh dear big booboo! You are right it was another photo I thought I had uploaded but thanks for you info because I have had no feedback on that larva...
Hi Prasad, Also oxyacanthae is correct. The brighter area on segment five is distinctive. The most common hostplant of E. testata is willow. In The Netherlands...
Hi all, Have just completed uploading the complete life cycle of the Scarce Silver-lines Bena bicolorana. Another fascinating species with a very fragile egg. ...
Hi all, Very few members of the ukmoths forum publish details of their moth trap catches these days. I don't know why that stopped (just a lack of time by the...
Hi Reg, A good idea, will try and add a few days, sorry nights worth when i can. Had my 1st ever Emperor moth in the trap at the beginning of May, she laid ...
Reg I was never a prolific reporter of my catches mainly because they seemed so weak compared to some of the really big catches posted. I only use a 15w ...
Hi Andy hope you are well - My Emperor also laid lots of eggs - has been a trial of strength looking after them. Decided to rear them in plastics boxes on...
Hi Reg, I use www.back-garden-moths.co.uk and the Garden Moth Survey to record my catches. If you register you can look through the databases. I'm still...
Hi Dave, my Emperors have been a handful too, had to release a large proportion of the larvae as i had rather a lot. I was originally feeding them on sallow...
Hi Mindful of their voracious appetites, I gave away most of mine this year, retaining just four which have been reared on blackthorn (they seemed to prefer...
Hi Dave, what did you do with the pupae that didnt emerge? How were you keeping them? Do you look after them in any special way? I am just mindfull that they ...
Hi Andy During the last winter they were left sitting in an egg-box placed inside an open-topped plastic box in my garage. About half-way through April I...
Hi all, I always keep overwintering pupae in a sealed plastic box somewhere outside but well shielded from the sun so they experience whatever the outside...
Hi Dave, What type of willow are you rearing them on since the species in that family range from the long narrow-leaved riverside Crack willow (Salix fragilis)...
Hi Reg - nice to get your message I planted a dozen Aspen in our paddock in readiness for the Blue Underwings But the trees have not grown as well as l would...
Hi Dave ... Its a good idea and I have tried several times to get forum members to record and write up their hints and tips for finding various species and...
Hi Dave and all, It is accepted practice that you don't release any species away from the area they were found - particularly rarities such as the Blue ...
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