Most authorities give only Spurges for the Spurge Hawk. Stone and Midwinter give Willowherb as well and word of mouth is that they will feed on the invasive...
l am currently waiting for the emergence of magpie moth pupa - when lightly sprayed each day, some wriggle - other do not - is this a sign that they are dead?...
Not necessarily. If they feel lighter than known live ones or are completely stiff then they are likely to be dead. The other test is to hold them against your...
Hi all, I found a yellow Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) caterpillar a couple of weeks ago. Has anyone else seen this unusual colour form? Photos on the...
Dear all, This evening, I found a small-ish green caterpillar in the remains of one of my Vapourer breeding pots (Vapourers having escaped or been transferred ...
I am currently interested in Magpie variations. Can anyone suggest a good text book resource with identifications for all the varieties, with names and visual...
I had 3 Magpie moths emerge last night . Has anyone any experience with feeding them, that is if they do feed- anyone know ? Any tips on pairing and...
Didn't survive the re-sleeving - howling blunder on my part I'm afraid - plenty of foliage to keep them going but too mature - my second go at rearing a...
hi all. i have managed to get a female to lay in a tub on some bramble buds, i have about 40 ova, can anyone give me some help as to rearing them from now as i...
Thanks for the reply. That's a shame. Is it common for them to die after being moved? I must admit to moving mine around a bit too but it didn't appear to do...
Hi Jerry, My own preference is to move all eggs into small relatively airtight boxes (keeps cut foodplant fresh as long as possible) and supply fresh foodplant...
Hi Annabel, all, Have had a few Small Tortoiseshell larvae pupate in the last two days and they are some of the best marked (golden) pupae I have ever seen. ...
I think we can get too carried away with this cannibalism theory. I always get unexplained losses in my cages, things just die and if not noticed dry up and...
Hi Suzie no problem! If they are mobile i.e. not in ecdysis then probably not - I'm a little bit wary of pulling them off of the silken resting pad too.... ...
Thanks Martyn, I must admit I didn't pull them off of a silken resting pad (actually I never saw any silken resting pads ever to remove them from)I just used...
Hi all, Whilst cannibalism isn't a problem with the vast majority of species you need to know which larvae are likely to give you problems and when these are...
... Going off at a bit of a tangent I also have some peacock larvae on nettles and I have been told that I am likely to lose about 95% of these to parasites....
Hi Susie, Assuming you collected the larvae in the wild it does depend to some extent on the size of the larvae when collected and obviously on the level of...
A Blossom Underwing larva has pupated.I have placed it in a wooden box (which has air holes in the lid)on top of a plastic box containing sterilised earth,...
That'll do the trick... ... From: hbantock To: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 11:52 AM Subject: [Breeding_UK-Leps] Blossom...
I wish, I wish, I wish there was an illustrated booklet entitled Parasitism of the British British Butterflies including what parasitises what,when and how...
Hi Jerry, all, Having found my copy of Peter Cribbs "Breeding the British Butterflies" he reports that the larger Green Hairstreak larvae will devour smaller...
I share your sentiments, though I approaching the "wishlist" from the other direction. Unfortunately we do not the host species of a fair number of our...
Hi Matt I have just sent you a photo privately of some parasites emerging from a Northern Egger final instar larvae. Dou you want a copy for the files or ...
Hi graham, A good idea would be insect predators as well in this publication - obviously the arachnids/shield bugs take their share but today for example I...
Hi Graham, all I hope to include a section on some of the most common parasitoids of Lepidoptera on my website one of these days... I make a point of ...
Hi Reg, As a Lepidoptera breeder it is the simple practical things I need to know. For example I read that the Glanville Fritillary is parasitised at the...
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