Just finished reading an article on Privet Hawk foodplants.In an experiment on scientific lines Lilac ( Syringa ) came out significantly well ahead of Ash on...
... You can buy cut flower preservative (eg Chrysal) and you often get a sachet of it with bought flowers. This was discussed enthusiastically at a BENHS...
Source of Article : Foodplants of the Privet Hawkmoth.Danahar and Northfield.Entomologists Record March/April 1994 Vo.106 nos 3-4 For those who cannot get...
In view of the Privet Hawkmoth foodplant results has anyone experience of "Golden" variants of foodplants which although I am no expert on plant pigments I...
Hi all, Another difficult one - have been sent some Lappet eggs (Gastropacha quercifolia) which are just hatching. Have been advised that they will feed on...
Reg and all, Firstly, this isn't going to help out your current situation, but it is on a related topic! I had a couple of very late Oak Hook-tip larvae last...
Hi Mark/all I had to do the same with aspen a couple of years ago when Poplar Hawks decided to produce a third brood (some aspen in the fridge, some in the ...
Whil browsing the other day I cam across a silkworm site. I'm not sure if this is of any use, but perhaps these people may be able to help you with artificial...
I worked at Long Aston Agricultural and Horticultural Research Station years ago and had everything to make artificial food which I did with limited...
Firstly...Hello all, I have just found and joined this forum so excuse any mistakes I make while finding my way around ! I first took an interest in...
Geoff If you haven't already done so, pot up some sallow as soon as possible. Cuttings 'take' easily, but your local garden centre may be a better option....
Eddie John
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I am hoping to plant a bed of Tobacco plants ( Nicotiana)to attract Convolvulus Hawks etc.,.Can anyone recommend a variety to sow that has proved effective ?...
... possible. Cuttings 'take' easily, but your local garden centre may be a better option. If/once you have the foodplant, transfer the larvae, sleeve and...
Eddie, thank you very much for the advice. I'm afraid I've seen but am not familiar with the term 'sleeve'..the 4 larvae arrived on a twig with half a dozen...
A 'sleeve' is a tube of cloth (usually semitransparent) that is placed over a branch that has larvae or eggs on it and is then tied at both ends to prevent...
Nicotiana sylvestris is about the most effective moth attractant I know of out of all the species. It's a tall plant with very fragrant [in the evening] white...
Thanks for the info Steve,I note that Chiltern Seeds ( Tel 01129 581137 )do N.sylvestris ( 5ft) plus a cultivated form of it "Only the lonely". I have read...
Last year I grew a bed of Night Scented Stock (Matthiola).Fantastic evening scent but disappointing as a moth attractant.However Green- veined Whites laid on...
Yes, I believe N. alata is good also. The beauty of N. sylvestris is it sets copious seed and comes true from seed [obviously, being a species]. So once you...
Geoff It's all to easy, isn't it, to be tempted into buying larvae before establishing the availability of foodplant? I've done it too, in the distant past! ...
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Sedum spectabile is famous for attracting Butterflies.I find the paler form attracts more despite the advice in gardening books.. There are now white flowered...
Usually 'Sylvestris' is the one mentioned but it grows quite tall so I always go for one of the smaller ones with a decent scent - I've used 'heaven scent...
Also very highy scented but again not particularly attractive to moths in my experience.Might attract the odd passing Bath White ( you should be so lucky ! )....
Hi They can all be grown in containers and some are semi-perenial. Put some in the greenhouse to overwinter. I have some plants surviving outside at the ...
I worked up my new, home made moth trap over the weekend and tried it out this week. Last night there was a Chestnut in it, and this morning a Hebrew Character...
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