Hi David It's probably The Brick, but worth feeding it for a week or so and letting it develop a little further to be certain. Cheers Ben From:...
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Dave Foot
dvd_foot
Apr 5, 2012 5:21 pm
Hi all, I hope you can help. I recently caught a migrant female blossom underwing. So far she's not produced any eggs, even after trying various coaxing...
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Oldbilluk
burwinuk
Apr 5, 2012 8:35 pm
Dave, Robin Clatworthy of the Somerset Moth Group caught several Blossom Underwing recently and one of them has laid eggs that look to be fertile. I'll ask him...
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Reg Fry
bughunteruk
Apr 5, 2012 9:57 pm
Hi all, If anyone has any spare Blossom Underwing eggs I would appreciate a few to photograph egg to pupal stages for my website. Cheers Reg ...
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graham
g.best.t21...
Apr 6, 2012 3:15 am
In the excellent AES Publication Larval Foodplants of the Butterflies of G.B. and Ireland (now possibly out of print) many foodplants of larvae are cited that...
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graham
g.best.t21...
Apr 6, 2012 3:27 am
The Drinker Moth is named after and cited for its habit of drinking droplets of water. There must also be a requirement for water by larvae which in the wild...
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David Howdon
davidhowdon
Apr 6, 2012 8:46 pm
Thanks. Am trying rearing it on so will see what happens. ... -- David Howdon (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/)...
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David Howdon
davidhowdon
Apr 9, 2012 8:07 pm
Can anyone suggest an ID for this one. http://www.ispot.org.uk/node/255951 -- David Howdon (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/)...
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rtus06@...
rtus05a
Apr 9, 2012 8:35 pm
Hi David try 2477 The Snout Hypena proboscidalis Tony From: David Howdon Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 8:49 PM Subject: [Breeding_UK-Leps] Another...
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graham
g.best.t21...
Apr 11, 2012 10:58 pm
Hi David, Manley lists 2273 and 2274 Sallow spp found in Catkins....
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grahambest33
Apr 21, 2012 9:50 am
A new E-mail address now as had to re-join the Group due to technical problems !...
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grahambest33
Apr 21, 2012 9:51 am
Could find no reference to Jersey Tigers feeding on Comfrey despite an extensive search of fooplant lists . Comfrey leaves will wilt while you watch it if...
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Linda
lindascott100
Apr 21, 2012 11:07 am
... I found Scarlet Tiger caterpillars feeding on alkanet the other day. Is this their normal food plant if comfrey is not available?...
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Graham Best
grahambest33
Apr 22, 2012 9:00 am
Scarlet Tigers have been found on 28 and counting foodplants. Alkanet (Anchusa sempervirens) is on the same page as Comfrey and Forget -Me- Nots in Keeble...
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Graham Best
grahambest33
Apr 22, 2012 9:00 am
Sorry worded that clumsily as you already know they feed on it. From: Linda <lindascott100@...> To: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday,...
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grahambest33
Apr 24, 2012 9:35 pm
My potted cultivated Strawberries in my greenhouse had the leaves being eaten on one pot. Checked it out at night for Vine Weevil which just loves them and it...
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Christopher
christophere...
May 1, 2012 7:10 am
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...
