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...
Alas, this has been a bit of a calamity. For whatever reason the tiny larvae that emerged from these eggs did not survive. They started off OK - they were so...
Hi all, Anyone have any ideas what species these larvae might be at:- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Breeding_UK-Leps/files/Cat5 A friend spotted the eggs in an...
Hi Reg these remind me of Early Thorn that I reared last year. I am not sure if they are that species but certainly something similar. cheers Shane Shane...
Hello Reg, I know it was a long time ago (I have not managed to keep up-to-date on any egroups except ukmoths (just - usually about a week or two behind!)) -...
Not early thorn anyway, those I reared this year look quite different (though look like thorns or small branches of hawthorn). Dafydd ... tetralunaria) ... he ...
Hello Nick/all Thanks. A bit of a mixed response to that one, but probably one of the thorns then.... Will keep you posted on their development. Shows the...
Hello Nick, Thanks, The first moth hasn't hatched out yet so will have to wait and see. The second was confirmed as a Swallowtail moth at the adult stage. I...
Hi all, Th following larva was beaten from hawthorn in early June. The resulting adult was battered before I spotted it had emerged. I assume it can only be ...
Reg, This certainly looks like the photos of the Chestnut adults that came to my garden actinic in February. Dafydd ... resulting ... can only be ... photos to...
Hi all, whilst weeding in the garden I found several of these larvae apparently feeding on Bindweed [Convolvulus arvensis]. They were about 20mm long. Also on...
Sorry! forgot to add the link. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Breeding_UK-Leps/files/SJC/ Steve. This mail is a natural product. The slight variation in...
Hello Steve, The caterpillars are from a plume moth (monodactyla?), I have no idea about the eggs. Best regards, Jeroen Voogd The Netherlands ... Van: steve...
Hello! A couple of months ago I caught a female Oak Eggar in my trap which laid some eggs before being released. The resulting larvae are fine eating bramble,...
Thanks Jeroen, how did you know this as a matter of interest. Have you bred out similar larvae and are they easy to breed. Is there any info on this [either...
Hello Martin, It's many years since I overwintered this species but I don't recall any particular problems. I would think the method you suggest should be OK....
Hi all, A friend of mine found a cocoon a few weeks ago and as expected a fly has recently emerged. I assume that it is a parasitic fly but perhaps our ...
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