Hi all, Does anyone have any idea how newly emerged Centre-barred Sallow larvae survive in the wild? I know they are said to bore into Ash buds but several...
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t_muus
Mar 22, 2011 4:34 pm
Dear all, Some years ago the leafroller Clepsis dumicolana was discovered in The Netherlands. The species is known from Germany, Belgium, France and...
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tony
rtus05a
Mar 28, 2011 1:51 pm
Hi all. Does anyone have any male pavonia,out at the moment looking for a mate? I had collected a couple of stray larvae last year which I thought were a male...
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David McCormick
dynamixware
Mar 28, 2011 2:22 pm
Hi, I couldn't respond on the breeding site as I got a "connection refused" but I have a pupae I want to get rid of, it came from a french Emperor moth (so...
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chrismiles4@...
chrismiles4...
Apr 10, 2011 8:35 pm
My son would like to hatch out a Drinker caterpillar he found earlier on today. Can you help with the food plant please?...
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Kevin Phipps
strigoi52
Apr 10, 2011 10:34 pm
Hi, Coarse grasses such as Cock's Foot, Sedge Grass or Common Reed will suffice. The larva must be given ventilation - plastic boxes unfortunately aren't good...
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Ben Smart
bensmart65
Apr 11, 2011 3:51 pm
Hi This 1cm larva was beaten from sallow catkins (female) today at Chorlton Water Park, Manchester. I was looking for Slender Pug larvae and thought this must...
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Stuart
cipeen
Apr 12, 2011 1:05 pm
Today I received a test tube containing dozens of minute (3-4mm) larvae which were taken from a web inside a house. Image in the Donegal folder. To me they...
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Robert Wright
wolf.town
Apr 12, 2011 5:39 pm
Hi, I was just wondering if anyone knows of any trading websites for the exchange of live stock? thanks, Robert....
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G.Best@...
pab999ulum
Apr 12, 2011 7:18 pm
The only site for selling ,buying and exchanging livestock is the Entomological Livestock Group with its fortnightly newsletter by post or online.. Joining ...
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David
dynamixware
Apr 12, 2011 7:23 pm
Hi, There is a new site here: http://www.mothandbutterflycollectorsforum.co.uk/ and it deals with collecting and is trying to end collecting just for fun by...
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strigoi52
Apr 13, 2011 8:32 am
Your best bet in the UK is to perhaps join the Entomological Livestock Group or ELG (UK). Editor Paul Batty from darkest Dinnington near Sheffield. ELG...
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strigoi52
Apr 13, 2011 4:57 pm
They could well be one of the Lackey moths which are just hatching now from overwintering eggs, although what they are doing inside a house is anyone's guess -...
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David
dynamixware
Apr 13, 2011 5:39 pm
Recently I had some moths in a fish tank I use to hold moths while I photograph them prior to releasing them (feed them so they stay alive). I had caught...
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Ben Smart
bensmart65
Apr 13, 2011 7:52 pm
Hi I wouldn't think it would be possible to definitively id these just yet. I would try them with some hawthorn leaves. Most of the species you mention would...
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rtus06@...
rtus05a
Apr 13, 2011 7:59 pm
Hi David from the list you supply & the egg mass Im inclined to think you have a choice of 2 candidates , 1= Twin spotted quaker & 2= Clouded drab .try them...
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David
dynamixware
Apr 13, 2011 8:02 pm
Hi Thanks. I have some large leaved lime and honeysuckle in with them at the moment, but hawthorn looks about the best to try so will have a go with it. David...
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Ben Smart
bensmart65
Apr 13, 2011 8:10 pm
Hi Ignore my point about thistle. I was thinking of Powdered Quaker! Cheers Ben From: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com ...
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chipschipschips2000
chipschipsch...
Apr 16, 2011 2:11 pm
Hi, I have a caterpillar for ID please. There are 2 photos of it in the files section. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Breeding_UK-Leps/files/dm/ I found...
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rtus06@...
rtus05a
Apr 16, 2011 3:16 pm
Hello Dave , I suggest its a Dun-bar . Tony . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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strigoi52
Apr 16, 2011 4:36 pm
It looks to me like an early instar larvae of the Dun Bar (Cosmia trapezina) the larvae is quite polyphagous and also cannibalistic. Kevin...
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DaveMonkc@...
chipschipsch...
Apr 19, 2011 5:23 pm
Thanks Tony and Kevin, I knew it was one I had seen before, I just could not place it. Dave In a message dated 16/04/2011 17:36:06 GMT Daylight Time, ...
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Andy Banthorpe yahoo
andybanthorpe
Apr 24, 2011 12:07 pm
Hi all, Melissa and I found this larva whilst beating Blackthornin VC30 last Tuesday and it's pupating now. Photo in the files section in folder AMB:- ...
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Ben Smart
bensmart65
Apr 24, 2011 1:31 pm
Hi Looks like Green Pug, quite common on blackthorn. The dorsal red stripe is sometimes partial, as with your larva. Sloe Pug, is generally a greyish-white. ...
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aleesha296
Apr 25, 2011 1:52 pm
Hi!! So my mum was gardening and found this pupa in the ground...i'm not sure what it is and how to care for it as i don't want to kill it!! Not sure whether...
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aleesha296
Apr 25, 2011 2:28 pm
oh and the pics are in a file labelled aleesha296..... i'm thinking it's a Phlogophora meticulosa...am i right?...
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strigoi52
Apr 25, 2011 2:42 pm
Just seen your posting after I'd hit my reply button - good guess I reckon - well done! You need to put it on a layer of lightly damp soil with a little moss...
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strigoi52
Apr 25, 2011 2:57 pm
This was actually my FIRST reply which couldn't be delivered for some unknown reason - so here goes again...
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aleesha296
Apr 25, 2011 3:21 pm
Hi!! Thank you so much for your help :) - he's all save and well in the mossy soil jam jar! i'm quite excited now! thank you!! Do have any idea how long it'll...
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derek37281
Apr 25, 2011 6:17 pm
Hi Not even sure if they're Leps but could someone please take a look at the image in http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Breeding_UK-Leps/files/DL/ . 3 similar...
