Hi Steve, As you are aware there are very few pictures of this pug around. There is one in Porter and one in the Photos section of this forum. I have never...
Thanks Reg, it didn't like my garden scabious but managed to get some more Devils-bit [for now]. Had 2 larvae but the other one doesn't look too happy. It may...
Richard, Thanks for this tip - always useful to know about different containers! I hear that Tesco and Ikea are both selling very cheap packs of airtight food...
I like these because they are not airtight but do have a close fitting lid - I seem to have problems raising larvae in sealed containers even when I drill...
Hi all, A friend has recently passed on what he tells me are Eyed Hawk pupae that he reared from larvae on willow. However it's just occurred to me that they...
Smerinthus ocellata has a smooth pupa and Laothoe populi not. Best regards, Jeroen Voogd The Netherlands ... Van: georgetordoff40 [mailto:tordoffgm@...] ...
Hi George, Very easy to tell - Eyed Hawk are smooth and shiny and a lightish brown, Poplar are much darker with a rough mat finish! The are illustrated side by...
Thanks Reg and everyone else who replied. In that case they are definitely Eyed Hawk. I didn't expect it to be so easy! Regards George ... brown, ... at:- ...
Hi all, nearly squashed this under foot today while fungus foraying at Spye Park,Wilts. Not sure what it is or if it's even lepidopterous. The area is sandy...
Hi Steve, The clue is in the number of abdominal (hind) feet or claspers. Lepidoptera have a maximum of 5 pairs whereas saw-fly larvae have 6 or more - so as...
Hi Steve Your larvae is probably a Sawfly they have five or more pairs of pro-legs, Lepidoptera have four. Calderdale Moffer (Paul T) ... From: steve covey ...
Hi Steve, It's a sawfly larva; Diprion pini would be my guess: http://zoologie.forst.tu-muenchen.de/PHERODIP/DIPRIONIDAE/DIPRIONPINI/dp05.html Cheers, Mark. ...
Hello all, It should be lepidoptera larvae have four or less prolegs (e,g, geometridae). Best regards, Jeroen Voogd The Netherlands ... Van: Paul Talbot...
Hi all, Some Lepidoptera larvae certainly do have more than the normal maximum of five* pairs of prolegs, for example the strange beast that is the larva of ...
Hello Mark, all, I am not aware of any caterpillar with more then four pair of prolegs, one pair of anal claspers and three pair of true legs. Even the ...
Hi all, I have never seen the larva of this species (Apoda limacodes (the Festoon)) or any account of it apart from Porters. He simply states "that the prolegs...
I also meant to say this is a curious grouping with a lot of strange larvae - see for example http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/lima/limacodidae.html ...
Thanks Mark and everyone else [I think I've started something re no. of prolegs etc;-(] Pine Sawfly [Diprion pini] makes sense as there is lots of Scots Pine...
I have some of these and they are still to emerge - should they have emerged already, or is there a chance they might overwinter? And if they do emerge, will...
Hi all, Am just back from a week in Fuerteventura - nice to see the Monarchs (butterflies that is - not the airline!) flying around the pool again... This...
Hi Reg, Yes, theyre still alive and twitching and not yet emerged. It's a while since they pupated, and the ambient temperatures recently have been between 8...
As we approach November 1st and the temp is slowly decreasing I guess I could risk putting all of these pupae into winter storage in airtight containers now,...
Two larvae found in 15W actinic trap 5/11/04 almost certainly dropped from cultivated Buddleia during night. Bexhill-on-Sea VC14 length of larger c10mm. This...
Hi Derek, Could be one of several species - I wouldn't like to guess without an overhead photo but someone may recognise it. You need to know which species to...
Hi Derek, I am sure someone knows how to prevent split URLs - is it just the number of characters your e-mail system is set up per line?. I was able to edit...
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