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, 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...
Dear Tymo, Friedrich indeed includes micro's which is the best part of the book, the macrosection is written with mass rearing as the main point of view and...
hi all, I'm looking for good books on breeding leps, focused on macros, I have several good general moth-ing books but I'm looking for something specifically...
Hi David, You could start by downloading the pdf files containing a series of articles I wrote for the AES Bugclub some years ago. They can be found in the...
Jeroen, Can you tell me more about the mentioned books? It's just because of they're available for a low price. I don't mind if there are any mistakes in it,...
Thanks Reg, Interesting series of articles, I should probably have checked them already, "The Lepidopterists Handbook" is out of print, but your articles ...
Tymo, Both books about the larval behaviour a colleague of mr. Fritzgerald told me about it. Meanwhile some information in it is already revised. Revised is...
Hi I wonder if it would be an idea for the group to create a list of books, and then have a vote on them to see what ones are most popular and so on. Dave...
Hi, I Collected a caterpillar on the 11 October in east Sussex. It was on sedge when I found it. I have never been able to make a definite identification. I...
I gather that the term 'diapause' has a wide spread of interpretation depending on its flora/fauna context. Does it have a specific 'lep' definition? Could it...
Hi all Recent updates to the website include:- March Moth (Alsophila aescularia) - an interesting larva, one of the few geos that only has a small rudimentary...
Hi all, I have just uploaded some close up photos of the Sallow Kitten (Furcula furcula) and Poplar Kitten (Furcula bifida) pupae. In these examples there are...
Hi Reg Happen to have an overwintering female Sallow Kitten pupa in the fridge, as you do, and have just checked for comparison. The first pair of legs look...
Hi Gary, Thanks for checking that - I will rear a few more of both species next year to find out how variable they are. I have also photographed the Alder...
Hi all, I have just about completed adding my seasons egg to adult photographs to the website. I think I have caught up with all those that have been sent to...
Hi all Just wanted to let everyone know that the new and improved Warwickshire Branch of Butterfly Conservation web site has been launched today. Lots of work...
Hello all, I'am new to this group but a keen moth'er and have a few Larvae pics that I need id on so if anyone can help that would be great.I believe that...
Hi George The fifth is the micro Aphelia paleana. Not sure on the others but wonder if the first might be a sawfly (depends on the number of prolegs). It would...
Thanks Tony and Ben, I can't be sure of all the food plants : Pic 1 : that you might suggest is Sawfly Larva have had on Garlic Mustard. Pic 2 :Possible final...
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