Hi, Moth caterpillars are often found on foodplants they are usually not known to feed on but for many species, not everything is known to what they feed on as...
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G.Best@...
pab999ulum
May 4, 2011 4:44 am
PBM Allan reckons Garden Tigers have been found feeding on Rhubarb and I have found one eating Elder. Scarlet Tigers they reckon on at least 28...
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Robert Wright
wolf.town
May 4, 2011 7:57 am
Hi, I have some European Swallowtail butterflies (Papilio machaon) and am trying to breed them,I have already seen them mating but thay dont seem to be laying...
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rtus06@...
rtus05a
May 4, 2011 8:22 am
Well Said er? Boss. From: Andy Banthorpe yahoo Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 12:13 AM To: Breeding UK Leps Subject: [Breeding_UK-Leps] new food plants? Hi...
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DAVID
crosshand...
May 4, 2011 8:27 am
I have some eggs of the Large Wainscot that l overwintered that have now hatched they are feeding inside the stems of Phragmites - l have a good supply near...
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rtus06@...
rtus05a
May 4, 2011 8:27 am
Hi David Thankful for the clade explanation ..certainly makes sense when you know that bit of info. Tony From: David Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 12:34 AM To:...
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Ben Smart
bensmart65
May 4, 2011 6:44 pm
Hi I doubt that Brick larvae on blackthorn is all that unusual. I've found Brick larvae on a patch of blackthorn growing in the middle of a field here in...
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tony
rtus05a
May 8, 2011 11:43 am
Hi Folks Has anyone had any experience of finding any Lycaenidae ovae on Mouse-ear Hawkweed (Pilosella officinarum, syn. Hieracium pilosella L.) Ive come...
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jbwvc50
May 8, 2011 4:02 pm
Hi folks Had a Common Swift come to light last night and she is laying like mad in a pot this afternoon. Impossible to rear - or not ? Justin VC50&51...
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overton_cat
May 10, 2011 7:44 pm
These were taken in Ryton Woods near Coventry in the last week, any help on ID appreciated. http://www.flickr.com/photos/overton_cat/5707947062 ...
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David
dynamixware
May 10, 2011 10:36 pm
Hi All, Just out with head lamp checking hedgerow for moths, found a lilac beauty caterpillar feeding on snowberry, not a listed foodplant for it. Snowberry I...
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Ben Smart
bensmart65
May 11, 2011 5:41 pm
Hi Looks like Winter Moth and Dun-bar. Cheers Ben From: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of overton_cat ...
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Walwyn
overton_cat
May 11, 2011 5:55 pm
Thanks Ben....
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David
dynamixware
May 12, 2011 1:41 pm
Hi, I had a large fish tank and I had clouded drab, December moth and early thorn cats in it, all feeding on lime leaves. However, the clouded drabs are doing...
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samamy55
May 18, 2011 5:39 pm
Hi, I've just started rearing some lep larvae from hedgerows(a variety of species - micro and macro), and am keeping them in quite small pots with enclosed...
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David
dynamixware
May 18, 2011 5:47 pm
Hi, is there any air holes in the pots? I have the ALS pots and prick holes in the lids with a pin. If there is no air getting in they could have suffocated,...
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graham
g.best.t21...
May 19, 2011 2:23 am
I have bred many larvae in containers but use plastic Sandwich boxes usually from Asda. I have even done Death's Head Hawk moths and other Hawks to pupation...
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Paul Nichol
elpenor50
May 19, 2011 10:53 am
Hi Sam I've been breeding various leps for 40+ years (my greatest interest is in the "Hawk-Moths"), my experience has always been with using pots of various ...
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saccheri
May 27, 2011 8:38 am
Dear lep breeders I have been studying the genetics of melanism in the Peppered Moth for some years and am now turning my attention to other species with...
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Belinda Taylor
belinda.tayl...
May 28, 2011 1:19 pm
Dear group members, I have just joined the group on the recommendation of Daffyd Lewis of AES as I have seen a caterpillar which I'd like to identify. He...
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tony
rtus05a
May 29, 2011 10:10 am
Hello Belinda . Ive created a folder for you & posted the picture to site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Breeding_UK-Leps/photos/album/2021499653/pic/list Tony...
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David Howdon
davidhowdon
May 30, 2011 8:21 pm
Any thoughts on the IDs of these two caterpillars from Ruislip Woods (Middlesex) on Friday? http://www.ispot.org.uk/node/155628 ...
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David Howdon
davidhowdon
May 30, 2011 8:32 pm
Any thoughts on the identity of this little critter which was crawling about on a Psyche casta larval/pupal case in Ruislip Woods (Middlesex) last Friday. ...
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Ben Smart
bensmart65
May 30, 2011 8:35 pm
Hi David They are the Common and the Twin-spotted Quakers. Ben From: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
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adrianjone5
May 31, 2011 6:55 am
Found a larva in Shropshire a few days ago feeding on Trefoil, an image can be seen here <http://www.flickr.com/photos/adrianjones/5766136291/in/photostream>...
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rtus06@...
rtus05a
May 31, 2011 9:05 am
Hi Adrian Im inclined to think this is a micro, As i cant pin it down in macro larvae data I have available. Did you by chance keep hold of it ? to rear on Id...
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Ben Smart
bensmart65
May 31, 2011 4:41 pm
Hi Adrian Looks very interesting. I don't think it's a micro larva, or at least it looks unlike any I have seen previously. But then I agree with Tony that ...
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Guy Manners
guyatmbe
May 31, 2011 8:03 pm
Grateful for assistance with ID of caterpillar shown in photo album <Guy's stuff>, found about 7 feet up the wall of a building in Melbourn (VC29). Caterpillar...
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Reg Fry
bughunteruk
May 31, 2011 8:28 pm
Hi Adrian, all The consensus of opinion is that it is a Ruby Tiger. Cheers Reg ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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adrianjone5
May 31, 2011 8:29 pm
Thanks for the replys both, much appreciated. Tony, sorry didn't collect the larva, thought I would be able to find it's ID from Porter or the net when I got...
