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 ...
Im informed via link in Oxford >>Tony It is a hoverfly puparium, so if you keep it a nice (and useful) fly will emerge. However, it needs to be a bit warmer...
Hi all, Had a male Belted Beauty (Lycia zonaria) emerge today. A bit on the early side perhaps - it's a nice little moth. Also had a female Dotted Border...
Hi Folks I've just been given these photos of some larvae found on 28/2/08 feeding on grass stems at night around old quarry faces near Todmorden, West Yorks....
Hi all tried last season to breed Tiger moths and managed to get some nice batches of eggs about 300 in all - most hatched and started well - fed on Dock. All...
Hi Dave, havnt reared the Garden Tiger cos i havnt seen one for over 30 years around here in my part of East Sussex but have used it for other species and...
Hi Andy hope you are well. My eggs were from a dozen that l bred from WWB stock - yes a dream to see them in east sussex, am l wasting my time in trying to...
Hi Dave, last saw a G Tiger in 77 though a mate in Hurst Green, about 7 miles away gets 1 or 2 a year so if you can release any, well every little helps i ...
Hi Dave I'd have thought that if parasites were the problem you'd see them emerge. Last year we had a whole load of early-instar Jersey Tiger larvae which I...
hello Gary, I had just the opposite experience with both scarlet and garden tigers last autumn, and until I increased the ventilation to the extent of the...
Hi all, I have bred several thousand Garden Tigers over the years - feeding them on dock for most of the year and spring greens in the coldest weather. ...
Hi Dave/all, I don't know what experience others have had but in the past I have found the best time to try assembling Emperor males is from about 12noon to...
Hi Patrick, Yes, damp food and sealed boxes can be a recipe for disaster. To counter this I've been wiping the containers with alcohol every time food is...
Hi all, I f you have trapped the Pale-lemon Sallow (Xanthia ocellaris) moth in your area it is said to be worth collecting Black Poplar catkins as soon as they...
Hi, I think it was in this group where I talked to someone interested in caterpillar parasites. Are you still around? I collected this caterpillar on 19...
OK the images were scrubbed from my last post. I will put them in the files area. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Breeding_UK-Leps/files/dm/ Thanks Dave ......
Hi Dave It was me - I am still here :-) Your caterpillar looks ok for a Ruby Tiger, and your pictures certainly look like fly puparia. I assume they will be...
Hi all, The number of photographs on the website is fast approaching 6000 of almost 600 species. Recent additions include a large number of photos from Jeroen...
Hi all, Another caterpillar to look out for if you are going to collect falling Sallow catkins is the Slender Pug (Eupithecia tenuiata). I hope to fill in some...
Hi all, just a quick request for advice please. I know i may have asked a similar question earlier this year but would just like some confirmation as to...
This is about fish but it may have wider implications. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/318/5847/100 Genetic Effects of Captive Breeding Cause a...
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