Matt, Thanks for that - I've been unable to contact Mark. However, I recently found some eggs in the garden, on the underside of an oak leaf, which seem to be...
... Daffyd I don't actually know of any Tachind flies that are egg parasites, compared to the beastie in your pics most are much much larger. What you have is...
Most of the eggs have now hatched - all that emerged were these little flies, which indeed could be hymenoptera - mobile heads, inquiring antennae etc. I have...
Hi all, I suppose some would welcome this - is it the ultimate 'bad-hair' day? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Breeding_UK-Leps/files/Miller.jpg Has anyone ever...
Hi Reg, I've seen it a couple of times on fungus forays (me, not the caterpillar!) Seems to be at ground level late in the season after caterpillar hunters...
Hi all Recent updates to the website include White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda), Wood White (Leptidea sinapis) and Elephant Hawkmoth (Deilephila elpenor). I ...
I have some of these just now - my autofocus camera is never quite sure what to do with them. One minute they were "normal" larvae, then they moulted and...
I have put up a full set of pictures of this larva on the website now - see http://www.ukleps.btinternet.co.uk/ They go a pretty horrible brown when ready to...
Hi all, My neighbours cat is turning out to be a good moth trapper. He has brought three female moths into their house in the last few weeks - an Elephant ...
Hi Reg, Yes, I am sure it would - however, my camera (Nikon Coolpix 3100) only has autofocus. The budget might be able to stretch to a 990 next season... ...
Hi Dafydd, Doesnt it have the fixed macro focus (4cm) facility that you can fiddle with in conjunction with the zoom? Even with the 990 I often have to use one...
Reg, Thanks for that. Using the zoom with the macro doesnt seem to give good results with the 3100 (unless I'm doing something wrong of course) - although ...
Hi Dafydd I don't know how the LCD on your model compares with the 990. The 990 LCD isn't that good for setting up the part of the insect you want to be best...
If not, there are no more lifecycle stages available! The photos of the ova, larvae and pupae I posted to the "unidentified" file late last year have now been...
This year I have found several larvae of Acronicta alni. As the literature says they prefer pupating into wood I had put some pieces of dead wood into the...
Hi all, I followed a Holly Blue ovipositing on 31 July and picked up a few eggs. I was quite surprised when the first hatched last night - are there any other ...
Reg, many thnaks. I have experimented with this. The zoom does not work well in macro mode, although once or twice it has been OK if the subject is not too...
This Emperor caterpillar did eventually spin a cocoon and pupate, although it was quite small. I have stored it away from the ohters, just in case. All the...
... On the CoolPix range it's best not to touch the zoom once you've got it in macro mode. To get in macro mode, adjust the zoom until the tulip changes colour...
The lady Oak Hook Tip I persuaded to lay for me recently is quite quick - laid 29 July, hatched 2/3 Aug. Dafydd ... eggs. I ... any other ... Oak Eggar,...
Hi Jeroen, ... It's not that unusual, for example the larvae of many Sphingidae walk backwards when returning to rest after feeding. ... Are they incorporated...
Hello Mark, I just never saw a macro walking backwards, so I was quite surprised. The tentacles only broke when they made the hole themselves if they used an...
I have one of these currently wandering about its container, having stopped eating a day or two ago - I assume it's looking to pupate. I've tried my standard...
Hi Dafydd, My experience is the same as Paul Sokoloffs. I have found atropos, populi, tiliae, ocellata, ligustri and elpenor all change into pupae with...
Hi all, Has anyone else reared the Miller (A. leproina) recently? I found a larva a week or so ago which I first thought was a different species because it...
Hi Reg, Thanks for the info on A.atropos - very useful. I am kicking myself because I took hardly any photos of the Miller larvae I had - however, I thought...
Have you managed to get some good shots of them Dafydd? The Chinese Character (in the same grouping) are fascinating to rear and have just 'spun up'- pictures...
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