Hi all, This has been an excellent year for the development of the ukleps website. I have been sent a good number of digital files and loaned over 800 colour...
Hi everyone, I'm new to Group and to rearing lepidoptera (!) and had a quick query about use of heat matts for rearing pupae. I've got several death's heads...
Hi Amylouise Although it's a long time ago now,I bred the deaths head continuously for about 2 years .I found that the best way for me to emerge the pupae was...
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Breeding_UK-Leps group. File :...
Hello  I've uploaded a few photographs of larvae that were all found in my garden in August and September of last year. I would be very grateful if anyone...
Hi all, I usually check all my overwintering Lepidoptera every few weeks and slightly increase the humidity levels to make sure they don't dry out. I was lucky...
Dear Reg, ' When gorse is out of bloom, kissings' out of fashion ' ! Leslie Wiles. ... From: Reg Fry To: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday,...
I have been given some elm twigs with what are probably Brick eggs and two Coleophora cases. I would be grateful for any advice on how best to keep the twigs...
I am visiting Hong Kong at the end of March, and will have a couple of days I can devote to entomology in general and the lepidoptera in particular. Does...
Hi My Apollo butterfly ova have hatched from overwintering outside but larvae show no signs of feeding. I have offered all the usual foodplants but they are...
Think of the biome they should be in right now... which sedum(LFP) are u using to try and host with? ... From: sarntelias To: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com ...
Cold I am giving them the option of s telephium, s alba and sempevivum They seem to migrate of the food and rest around the edge of the container. ... but ... ...
I think your choice of LFP is ok - but they seem to have emerged pretty early! I successfully paired Parnasius Apollo many years ago but the overwintering ova...
Thanks for your input. They hibernate as caterpillars in the egg I think. I tried some last year and they hatched pretty much the same time as this year but...
Yes they hibernate as fully grown 1st instar larvae in the ova case Pretty difficult species to do at every stage..... I'm fairly convinced though that...
Hi all, One of my friends spotted a female Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) egg laying last year and gave me the grass stem that 4 eggs were laid in. This...
Hi all better late than never, the above report is now available for free download from http://www.cheshire-butterflies.co.uk/ click the report centre button ...
Hey all, I found a caterpillar whilst pottering in the garden. I have looked through some but thought it might be easier with some help. It wasn't near any...
I took these shots of a possible pug larva on the 28th March. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Breeding_UK-Leps/photos/album/1829909333/pic/list If that doesn't...
Hi, Last year I decided to have a go at rearing Orange tips butterfly's. For them to make a pupa, I put some Blue Tack in the container and then poked a short...
Hi all, It is curious that the Orange tip and other Pierids (at least the British species) generally suspend themselves with the cremaster and silk pad at the...
Hi Found two interesting ? macro moth larvae today - both new for me. The first was found under moss on an old poplar log. It's about 20mm long and I think is...
Hi Ben, Small Square-spot looks a good candidate for the first but I haven't seen one in recent years. Roy thinks that at this stage it could be any of the...
