I have a number (an excessive number!) of Vapourer caterpillars from one pairing last autumn. Much as I have tried to distribute them among friends, contacts...
Can anyone advise me? I have some captive puss moth larvae, which seem ready to make their cocoons (turned dark plum colour, stopped eating, wandering around...
I usually use a cork flooring /wall tile for them to pupate onto .however If you can find bark off the trunk of a fallen /felled willow that peels redily,its...
Hi, I just gave them some bark off a log. It worked great. But you must be quick. Could you let us know what happened. I gave two half grown larva to a friend ...
Hi every one. Please excuse me if I lurk for a while so I thought I'd just introduce myself. My name is Nick and I live in North Warwickshire. I've always...
Hi all I have been sent a photo of a moth and asked for an opinion as to the ID. Unfortunately, I am not very up on my smaller moths (at all :-) ) so would...
Hi Matt, this one is a Brown Silver Line, quite a common moth, the Straw Belle is a Red Data Book species and as rare as hens teeth. Hope this helps. Andy A ...
Thank you for your comments about helping the caterpillars pupate. I fear your advice came too late for most of them - only one seems to be pupating now, and...
My apologies for being late ...However dont be dishartened ,Ive had the same happen to me & ive been breeding things on for 40+ yrs. Sometimes it just happens...
Try BREEDING BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS by Ekkehard Friedrich, Harley Books ISBN 0 946589 11 9. I believe it is still in print, but if not, try ABE BOOKS on the...
Hi Andy  Thanks for the reply. I did know the Straw Belle was an RDB species, hence my question. A common species of moth like the Brown Silver Line is...
Hi All, A couple of nights ago I caught a Flame in my garden. Before releasing her, she layed eggs in the pot I had put her in. I need advice on what to do to...
Hi Ollie, We have notes on rearing a range of species in the files area of this forum. Although they don't deal specifically with the Flame moth there is a lot...
Greetings all! The saga of my captive Vapourers goes on (the only large brood of caterpillars I've had to manage in the 4 years I've been "doing" moths). It...
Have a look at Regs pics > http://www.ukleps.org/CommNamesAlphabetical.html it might help .. ... moths). ... record in ... the first ... few days ... bottom of...
Hi Guy Both male and female vapourer larvae spin cocoons, but male larvae do this at a smaller size than the females. As both sexes grow at the same rate, ...
Guy, It isn’t unusual for a few larvae, of any species, to fail to spin cocoons. Sometimes it’s the result of disturbance (eg. changing foodplant) when...
There are situations where the quantity of Larvae within a rearing tub/box will in fact produce no cocoon,generally if they are ready to pupate they start to...
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Hi Dave It's Rhadinoceraea micans (Iris Sawfly). Cheers Ben From: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dave...
Hi, i have seen it hapopening around here in E Sussex but i only do my fields every other year now and only half of them at any one time and am now also ...
... when they are not cut. A real pain to a cyclist like myself as the road is hardly ever cleared of thorns.The wildlife effects, whatever the extent, can...
... I haven't got a clue about the larva, but if I was a gambling man, I'd identify the location as Tentsmuir (stamping ground of my youth). Stuart ...
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