Hi John Your parasite larva has spun a silk cocoon, this means you will see an Ichneumon wasp emerge. Hymenopterous parasites likethis spin silk, Tachinid fly...
Hi, Three days ago, I was at a bit of a loose end, so I decide, for the first time to try some beating. I got a dust sheet out of the shed and went over to the...
from the pic im Guessing ,442 = willow beauty? - In Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com, "chipschipschips2000" ... the ... DSCN6360.JPG ... a ... Anyone ... ...
Thanks rtus06, It does appear to have many similarities to the willow beauty. However, I have been unable so far to find an image of one that is as spotty...
Hi Dave, What size are the larvae? Often this is helpful in ruling out species that never reach the size of the larvae being IDd Cheers Reg ... [Non-text...
Reg. On seeing your mail I just rushed out and measured them. They are both 32 mm. They are still in the same position, on the same stem, as the they have ...
It is difficult to think of anything other than Willow Beauty but will have another look around later. If they are WB, at that size they are probably too large...
Thanks Reg, I will try that. I had not seen that photo. It is closer than anything I have found. The cat's head looks very similar to a lot of WB photos...
Hi John, If you can breed it out your Ichnuemon will be of interest to those who work on them, as the species range of many of the common Ichnuemons is not...
Hi all, We've just paired a male Orgyia antiqua with a female Orgyia recens and wondered if anyone has any experience/information on the likely outcome? I...
Morning, I've been struggling with this bunch of larvae I found last week: http://homepage.eircom.net/~hedgerow22/mothpage.htm The plant looks to have been a...
... Jeroen & Darrel, Thanks. It might seem odd, but that's the first LW larva I've seen in perhaps 40 years. It got very scarce here in Donegal and wasn't ...
Hi Gary, I have asked several of the experts and none of them have heard of anyone getting this hybrid pairing before - so will be interesting to see if the...
Hi Reg, thanks for the information. I too have been asking about and encountered the same, no-one seems to know of anyone that's recorded such a cross. I just...
Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has experimented with artificial food (eg. silkworm food) for overwintering polyphagous larvae? As I understand it,...
Hi all, Despite this being a relatively poor year for finding livestock in the wild I have been fortunate to have found, been given or purchased a good number...
Hi all A large, fat noctuid larva (about 4cm in length) was found ambling across the lawn in my mid-Bucks garden last night when I went out to check the moth ...
Hi I'd be grateful for any tips on rearing any of the following larvae through winter as access to foodplant may be a problem.I'm aware the favourite foodplant...
Hi Robert, I have found them in the spring feeding on comfrey but found they easily swapped to Common nettle (not having any comfrey locally). I haven't tried...
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Hi Robert Scarlet Tiger feeds locally on Stinging Nettle no comfrey here! Have fun Martin Catt East Prawle S. Devon V.C.3 ... From: "robert21628"...
Hi Robert, I'm not sure how palatable it is for Scarlet Tiger larvae, but Symphytum grandiflorum (Creeping Comfrey)it is a bit better behaved in the garden...
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Hi all, I have added an additional frame to the Early Stages website to give a listing of English names in Taxonomic order within family groups (i.e. using the...
Hi all, I'm considering to buy the book of Friedrich (Breeding B & M), maybe it will give my new ideas breeding some leps species. I'm wondering the breeding...
