Hi There, Currently have a batch of Brown Hairstreak larvae on the go. Is there any truth in the rumour that they can be cannibalistic? Regards, Martyn Panes. ...
Hi all, I guess silence means that nobody else has heard of that rumour? I was out looking for an Orange-tip egg a few days ago - the first flower head I found...
Thanks - a friend of mine and fellow ent read it in a paper published by Peter Cribb to the AES back in the 1960s.... Anyway I have taken the precaution of...
Hi Just wondering if anyone has got any tips on distinguishing male and female Commas. I would like to breed them and have read that the females are more...
Hi Annabel and all, Its a bit late for you now but you can probably determine the sex of Commas at the pupal stage. It doesn't work for all butterflies but if ...
Hi all, We bred 3 Emperors (Saturnia pavonia) through from mid size larvae to pupa last year. These emerged this spring and the female was taken out and ...
Hi Andy, they should be hatching any day now. Mate of mine captured a female on 22/4 09, eggs hatched 2/5 and changed to 5th, yes 5th instar 17th, ie...
For larvae of species that feed on Dock is Great Water Dock a suitable substitute for Common Dock ? I have plenty of potted GWD which makes life easier than...
Hi all, There are some notes on rearing the Tigers at:- http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Breeding_UK-Leps/files/A2/ If anyone has any hints and tips that can...
If livestock is reared in a greenhouse subsequent stages may mature in advance of being in the wild. What are the likely consequences ? I appreciate that this...
Has anyone any experience of larval interaction with aphid sugar excretion known popularly as "Honeydew". Are leaves with it on them avoided,treated like any...
Hi there! I'm no expert, but I'd say the imagines you produce will simply be wasted in biological terms. Perhaps if you keep them and breed from them, you can...
Many years ago I had a load of AES Bulletins they sold off to clear space. I photocopied all the articles I could find on breeding Lepidoptera and dumped the...
Hi, I have some oak hook tip moth eggs and they hatched this morning. According to my ID book they eat oak so I have given them some young oak leaves, but I'm...
Has anyone observed predation of lep larvae by aphids?? Recently, in Washington State, USA, a colleague observed apparent predation by aphids on first instar...
Hi, As a general rule avoid very young leaves with any larvae especially Oak as they may have a high concentration of Tannins etc., I notice that when given...
Hi David Do you have more details about the predation ? Your colleague is obviously an experienced entomologist and I assume the predation took place in a...
Hi all, Thanks for all your info - these hatched yesterday (150+ of them!) and are now split into 4 boxes with bramble leaves - they keep crawling off onto the...
Hi Andy, they will move around a bit at first as i have found and then start to feed pretty voraciously as they get bigger. Mine after 3 weeks from hatching...
Hi Andy, We have at least one other person who will take some and some will get released back to site as well - it's a good job there is a big Bramble patch ...
Hi Andy, good job, you would have a lot of 'fun' with 150 of them. I released 100s last year on a brable patch near the house. Saw lots till 3rd instar then...
They will feed on lots of other things as well, they demolished my Buckthorn and I put them on Hawthorn as I have a large quantity nearby. ... From: Andy...
Hi again Andy, just noticed that 1 of my Emperor larvae has started to spin up, exactly 3 weeks after hatching. I think this is a remarkable metamorphosis. I...
Hi, I have seen recommended damping them towards emergence and even cutting a small hole to help emergence. 50% of some rather undersized ones I bought at...
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