Hi Ben, Im not sure where the C. pronubana larva originally came from. I discovered it feeding under some wild thyme in a box containing a few Transparent...
Hi all, I have been looking for the nice green colour form of the Maple Prominent caterpillar - as illustrated in Porters handbook. I finally found one today...
I've been photographing leaf mines since June but just staching them away until there is time to try to identify them. I've found two different types of cases...
I've been photographing leaf mines since June but just staching them away until there is time to try to identify them. I've found two different types cases so...
Hi all, I found a Poplar Hawkmoth (Laothoe populi) egg at the beginning of August that had been 'stung' by a parasitic wasp. Some 6 or so wasps emerged...
Hello all, I have found the same thing many times, especially the eggs of Phalera bucephala seem to be heavily parasitised often. Recently I have found several...
Hi all, I found an interesting sawfly larva on Sloe a few days ago that I thought would be of interest to the group. I have also started a new folder for...
Hi all, I also meant to say that if you want to obtain Poplar Hawkmoths this year I found several small caterpillars yesterday (second brood I guess) on sallow...
Hello Jeroen, all I don't have any idea which family the populi egg wasps are yet - they are running around too quickly to see much detail and I dare not open...
... Latest update, the first female that had laid some eggs without mating and then was placed on windowsill and a mate appeared, the eggs from after mating...
I'm new to Yahoo! and quite new to caterpillars. Allow me to explain the circumstance briefly: On Sunday evening I crossed paths with the largest, most...
He's probably about to pupate. You don't often see many hawkmoth caterpillars until they start to wander away from their foodplant in search of suitable places...
Leave him untouched where he is as he will be pupating and turning into a chrysalis.After a couple of weeks you will be able to look at him to confirm that he...
Not hibernating, making a pupa. Gallii dig into the mulch/earth to pupate. If you monitor it for a few more days, you will see the change - caterpillar ...
Hi all, The following caterpillar was beaten from Sloe earlier today:- Looks like the Grey Pug (Eupithecia subfuscata) - could it be anything else? ...
Hi Reg, E. vulgata or, indeed, subfuscata. Not easy to identify from pictures and both polyphagous living on various trees. Regards, Tymo Muus ... From: Reg...
Hi Tymo, Thanks, I hadn't spotted E. vulgata. The larger copies of Porters photos on the website at:- http://www.habitas.org.uk/moths/frameset.html suggest it...
Dear all, I am currently rearing some Kitten (Furcula sp) larvae from a very worn female attracted to my MV trap a few weeks ago. I have about 35 larvae...
When Ive reared these or the puss moth I supply cork floor /wall tiles for pupation,easier to get hold of than the tree to peel bark from. ... 35 ... their ......
Hi George, all, 1) They aren't always easy to tell apart at any stage! For future reference it is worth keeping a few of the eggs - the Poplar Kittens (Furcula...
Dear Reg and Tony, Thanks for the useful information. Shame I didn't keep any of the eggs! Looks like I might have to wait till next year to know which species...
On the 3.8.07, I had a female Oak Eggar in the trap. I found her a bit agitated and realised she was about to lay and quickly released her-but she had laid one...
Hello, I'm sure lots of people have their own techniques for over-wintering larvae. A good method for the Oak Eggar, told to me by Gerry Haggett, is to get a...
Hi all, Here is a bit of a puzzle - I found this caterpillar feeding on blackthorn on 14 August and thought it was a Common Emerald (Hemithea aestivaria) which...
I've recently had identified by relevant experts a few parasites reared from caterpillars. How would people go about recording these. Should the date used be...
Hi David It is good practice to record all of the relevant dates on the data labels Add the host details to the locality label - eg England, Berks, Reading,...
Hi Tony, Thats what I thought (and was hoping for) after it changed its appearance (i.e. lost several of the usual Common Emerald markings). However I should...
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