There is a substantial colony at Combe Hay near Bath that feeds on a bank of the non-native Symphytum caucasicum - typically well over 100 larvae....
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dw1305
May 2, 2012 9:59 am
Hi all, I'm over the county border in Wiltshire, but Scarlet Tigers are now quite widespread in the Bath, Chippenham, Bradford-on-Avon, Castle Combe area. I...
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Graham Best
grahambest33
May 2, 2012 11:11 pm
Found another stray dominula  in my Greenhouse feeding on Marjoram seedlings. Little Devils . From: dw1305 <d.watts@...> To:...
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David Howdon
davidhowdon
May 3, 2012 8:41 pm
Thanks. Has now eclosed and is indeed The Snout. ... -- David Howdon (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/)...
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rtus06@...
rtus05a
May 3, 2012 8:52 pm
Thanks for the update David ... Tony From: David Howdon Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 9:04 PM To: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re:...
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Dave
chipschipsch...
May 8, 2012 2:05 pm
Hi, I have a caterpillar for ID please. There are 3 photos of it and a pupa photo. It failed to emerge after 1 year. It was found on 25 Apr 2011. It was on an...
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joe_hicks1984
May 8, 2012 4:24 pm
Good evening everyone. I am a PhD student at Leeds University, and I'm studying the interactions between Magpie Moths and their natural enemies - specifically...
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tony
rtus05a
May 8, 2012 8:34 pm
Hello Dave looking at your photo & considered the foodplant & timing Its possibly C vaccinii the chestnut as stuff was early last year. However Reg hasnt a...
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Graham Best
grahambest33
May 9, 2012 4:00 am
Hi Joe, Diapause as you probably know already can be a function of daylength as well as temperature or a combination of both. If you do not have them already...
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DaveMonkc@...
chipschipsch...
May 11, 2012 6:37 am
Thanks Tony, Dave In a message dated 08/05/2012 21:34:34 GMT Daylight Time, rtus06@... writes: C vaccinii [Non-text portions of this message have...
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streetscharles
May 15, 2012 2:15 pm
Hi all, I recently found a tiny egg on my garden Honeysuckle and thought it might be that of a Twenty-plumed Moth.When it hatched I brough in a some flower...
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rtus06@...
rtus05a
May 15, 2012 2:51 pm
Hi Charlie Keep the ova as well & check to see if they are the same larvae ,if so it could well be worth offering the pictures to Reg Fry for the early stages...
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Ben Smart
bensmart65
May 15, 2012 4:28 pm
Hi Charlie I have never reared twenty-plume moth from quite this early, but I have only ever found larvae (mid to late instars) feeding within honeysuckle...
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charlie streets
streetscharles
May 16, 2012 5:44 am
Thanks for the replies chaps. I'll try and rear them through,although I suspect changing their food maybe tricky, as I'm sure you can imagine the newly hatched...
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ballogie63
May 21, 2012 3:04 pm
see in Ballogie photo file eating broadleaves in a remote north of Scotland location anyone know what it is...
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rtus06@...
rtus05a
May 21, 2012 5:35 pm
It looks very much like the The Magpie 1884 Abraxas grossulariata Tony From: ballogie63 Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 2:08 PM To:...
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grahambest33
May 31, 2012 9:54 pm
Breeding tree feeding species can be difficult. To start young larvae I am sowing tree sees in pots to produce a forest of sleevable shoots. 2 year old Acorns...
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angieseymour1722
angieseymour...
Jun 3, 2012 12:17 pm
Hi, as a new member I have posted 2 photos of Larva/Cocoon of Burnished Brass, can someone please provide positive ID please & how long approx before...
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Reg Fry
bughunteruk
Jun 3, 2012 12:30 pm
Hi Angie, Welcome to the group. You can compare your photos with the examples at:- http://www.ukleps.org/ Your photos look right for Burnished Brass. The pupa...
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Angie Seymour
angieseymour...
Jun 3, 2012 2:04 pm
Hi Reg, Many Thanks for your speedy reply, I have not seen an adult Burnished Brass for many years so look forward to its` emergence. Ben Smart suggested ...
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Graham Best
grahambest33
Jun 3, 2012 8:09 pm
Hi Angie, I have had Burnished Brass larvae as a pest on just forming Delphinium spikes and on leaves which they close together with silk. From: Angie Seymour...
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angieseymour1722
angieseymour...
Jun 3, 2012 9:32 pm
Hi Graham, I am a keen gardener myself but the larva in question I could not class as a pest, just the one found close to grasses and alstromeria but fed on...
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angieseymour1722
angieseymour...
Jun 5, 2012 8:12 pm
Hi Reg, I`m trying to post another photo of a micro (I think) for ID but the technology seems to be getting the better of me . Sorry for producing empty...
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Graham Best
grahambest33
Jun 5, 2012 8:27 pm
Hi Angie, The Delphiniums in question were Blackmore and Langdons expensive named varieties in their first year of flowering at the time so I was a tad...
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Angie Seymour
angieseymour...
Jun 5, 2012 8:42 pm
Hi Graham, I`m having difficulty sending photo email to the group so I would not worry too much about `metallic` imagery !! Last week I took photos of The...
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angieseymour1722
angieseymour...
Jun 8, 2012 11:45 am
Hi Everyone, Ben Smart has sent an `advisory` email... so I think that I might of got the hang of posting photos !! The first one is for ID please, at first I...
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Duncan Fraser
oldstoresvet
Jun 8, 2012 12:46 pm
Hi Angie This is a Pyralid Evergestis forficalis Duncan From: angieseymour1722 Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 12:45 PM To: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com ...
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angieseymour1722
angieseymour...
Jun 13, 2012 12:20 pm
Hi everyone, I have thanked Duncan for the `Garden Pebble` ID last week & have added 4 Photos to Angies Pics .The subject is Grey Chi (I think) larvae found...
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Ray
ray.hiley...
Jun 17, 2012 1:22 pm
Hi, I'm Ray, this is my first attempt at attaching a photo, so I hope you can view the two caterpillars in RH Photos. Can anyone help with the i.d. The...
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John Fogarty
johngfogarty
Jun 17, 2012 2:44 pm
Hi Ray , looks like a Chamomile shark to me. John. ________________________________ From: Ray <ray.hiley@...> To: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com ...
