Hi all, I haven't managed to find anyone who has reared the Chimney Sweeper from the egg stage. A friend found several final instar larvae in Scotland and had...
I have some ova of the Apollo butterfly, Parnassius apollo, which have just hatched. I have them housed in a small plastic box with lid and a few sprigs of...
Hi Lance I bred them about 25 years ago.My memory is a bit hazy now but my feeling is that you won't see much sign of feeding yet because it is a bit early.As...
... I have Scarlet Tiger feeding on Bramble with Oak Eggars. ... tiger ... larvae ... the ... would ... on the ... insects and ... Sunbury, ... membership of...
... Its freezing here in Lincolnshire at the moment. Should I keep them outside in my shed or bring them indoors to an unheated room? regards Lance ... feeling...
I would keep them outdoors if you can but away from rain,possibly with some sort of cover to keep them dry. ... No virus found in this incoming message. ...
On thing I do recall is that the first time I bred them it was easy.When I went to continue the breeding with a second generation,I replicated the conditions...
The white satin caterpillars should be hibernating. I found it best to keep them in a cold fridge with a light spray of water every two or three weeks, until...
Hi all, last spring i had the pleasure of capturing in my light trap a female Emperor. In over 30 years of recording moths at this location in East Sussex this...
Hi Andy, I can only relate my novice experience with these, i have never caught an Emperor in a trap but late 2006 did find two catapillers, these soon spun...
Hi Andy I too have a number of Emperor pupae and hope to use the females to determine if we have this species locally. Emperors have been recorded in nearby...
... Keep them in the fridge. I have already already had versicolora emerge this year which where in my garage which is too early and I have emperors in there...
Hi All, Have read with interest in the past various threads on the subject of rearing oak eggar (Lasiocampa quercus) and thought i would relate my first...
Hi all, From my own experience the life cycle of Oak Eggars is highly dependent on the temperature the larvae and pupae are kept in. I have had larvae:- 1)...
Thank you all who replied re my Emperors. all have now been transfered to the fridge, i will warm them up slightly by putting them back in the outhouse at the...
Hi, I had tried to rear a caterpillar that I found on a hop plant. It has just died. Has anyone got any ideas what it might have been. It was only about 5mm...
Hi My first time posting a picture so I don't know if I have done it correctly. Can anyone ID the caterpillar in the file below? It bears a resemblance to a...
I have been trying to identify a caterpillar found on Burnet Rose http://upload.pbase.com/edit_gallery/hbantock/moths_for_identification Is anyone able to...
My guess would be a Winter Moth (O. brumata) - see the website:- http://www.ukleps.org/ Cheers Reg ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Thanks Tony I'm glad I found out why it looked so different to how I expected a Puss Moth caterpilar to look like. Thanks for clearing that up. ... variation? ...
Hi Daisy, I agree it isn't lepidopterous. I have only seen a few similar larvae before and I think it is probably a hoverfly larva but I have no idea what...
Thanks Tony and Reg, Where is the 'Porter' of hoverflies??? I don't think I'll attempt to rear through as I don't suppose anyone would know if they eat again...
Hi Daisy The "Porter" of Hoverfly larvae is "A Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae" by Graham Rotheray. Your mystery larvae appears to be Pipiza luteitarsis which...
Why isn't it just a Operophtera brumata caterpillar too? http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/Breeding_UK-Leps/photos/view/a024? Kind regards, Jeroen Voogd...
Dear Jeroen and all, The missing part of the link had me confused me for a while too but you have to look at the last photo in her album to find the hoverfly ...
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