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  • Category: Zoology
  • Founded: Mar 23, 2002
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765 David Howdon
davidhowdon Send Email
Feb 8, 2005
8:45 pm
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/Cat_for_ID.jpg One that escaped earlier this year. I'm guessing Muslin Moth (or possibly Ruby Tiger) but could well...
766 Nick Greatorex-Davies
ngdceh Send Email
Feb 9, 2005
5:15 pm
I think this one has to be Ruby Tiger (which overwinters as a larva but I don't think Muslin Moth does). Also it looks more like Ruby Tiger to me with longer...
767 Reg Fry
bughunteruk Send Email
Feb 9, 2005
6:04 pm
Hi Nick/all I would agree with that - we only have one picture of the adult Muslin Moth on the website )which doesn't look much like Davids picture). We have...
768 dogdigger40 Send Email Feb 9, 2005
6:49 pm
Hi everybody I have just aquired some ovae of this Moth and would appreciate any tips and/or advice on rearing this species. Kind regards Allan...
769 Reg Fry
bughunteruk Send Email
Feb 10, 2005
8:40 pm
Hi Allen/all, I have only reared this species once - just to adult stage. Several of the ova I was given were infertile but once the larvae started feeding on...
770 David Howdon
davidhowdon Send Email
Feb 10, 2005
9:12 pm
Thanks to all for the responses on this. -- David Howdon - http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/...
771 Dafydd Lewis
lewisdv Send Email
Feb 14, 2005
8:03 pm
I bred this last year successfully, using Reg's advice. I found it quite easy, and if I can do it anyone can. I kept the larvae together until they grew too...
772 dogdigger40 Send Email Feb 15, 2005
1:40 pm
Hi Reg/All Thankyou for all the previous help on Deaths Head Hawkmoths,all your advice was most helpful.One other thing is, does anyone know where I can obtain...
773 RichardC
r8889uk Send Email
Feb 15, 2005
6:14 pm
I've had some success ( not with these species ) using a propagator - It is not a good idea to use the lid because of humidity - but - if you put a layer of...
774 David Howdon
davidhowdon Send Email
Feb 17, 2005
7:53 pm
Got a dotted border female and a couple of males in the field earlier in the week and thought I'd have a go at breeding from them. Currently they are in a...
775 Breeding_UK-Leps@yaho... Send Email Feb 23, 2005
9:57 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Breeding_UK-Leps group. File :...
776 Paul Talbot
paulinvc63 Send Email
Feb 23, 2005
10:20 am
Hi Ben At 25 cms in length I think I would have been rather glad the bugger was dead :-)) I assume you mean 2.5 Looks like one of the "Dart" family and the...
777 robdevas Send Email Feb 28, 2005
12:36 pm
Hello all, I have just joined this group but have been interested in breeding British butterfly species for a while now. I have used Worldwide Butterflies in...
778 Reg Fry
bughunteruk Send Email
Feb 28, 2005
3:27 pm
Hi Rob, Welcome to the group. Offers from individual breeders and dealers can be obtained from the Entomological Livestock Group sent out every 2 weeks or so -...
779 steve
monoglypha Send Email
Feb 28, 2005
6:23 pm
Join the elg members from all around the country will sell you livestock for very reasonable prices (dirt cheap compared to WWB). You will receive two wants...
780 RichardC
r8889uk Send Email
Feb 28, 2005
6:45 pm
Reg - thanks for putting this up as I didn't know about it - or at least I have missed it along the way. Richard ... From: "Reg Fry" <reg.a.fry@...>...
781 Arnold Johnson
maxcag Send Email
Feb 28, 2005
8:21 pm
Hello Rob, Try Martin White, on 01909 - 474 524. Martin specialises in British stock, however, he is not on-line, and does not attend insect fairs. He has...
782 Reg Fry
bughunteruk Send Email
Mar 20, 2005
3:21 pm
Hi all, A picture of a pupa was put up for id in the files area but for some reason the id request was not circulated to the group. It can be found at:- ...
783 David Howdon
davidhowdon Send Email
Mar 20, 2005
7:36 pm
A couple of caterpillars that I am trying to ID. Pictures have been uploaded to my file in the photos area ...
784 Ben Smart
bensmart65 Send Email
Mar 21, 2005
8:49 am
Hi David The first larva is a micro. It may well be Epiphyas postvittana as this species seems to feed on any plant, although looks somewhat brownish on your ...
785 Nick Greatorex-Davies
ngdceh Send Email
Mar 21, 2005
10:21 am
Hello David and Ben, Larva A looks very like Red-barred Tortrix (Ditula augustiorana) to me - can be abundant on Yew also on Leyland's Cypress (Cupressocyparis...
786 Reg Fry
bughunteruk Send Email
Mar 21, 2005
11:17 am
Hi David, I don't recognise Cat B from anything I remember seeing before. It may help to have a few more shots at other angles. I think we will have to find a...
787 Reg Fry
bughunteruk Send Email
Mar 21, 2005
11:22 pm
Hi David, Having worked part way through Porter, there aren't that many species looking like your picture that overwinter as part grown larvae. One possible ...
788 David Howdon
davidhowdon Send Email
Mar 22, 2005
8:50 pm
Reg, Haven't really tried to identify it much more yet. I've found it is happy to eat willow leaves so have given it a reasonable supply and will spend some...
789 David Howdon
davidhowdon Send Email
Mar 25, 2005
8:21 pm
The local moth recorder (Colin Plant) suggests that it is Blastobasis lignea which should have a white line on the chitinised plate behind the head. On...
790 David Howdon
davidhowdon Send Email
Mar 25, 2005
8:22 pm
I think this one ( http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/QBrimstone.jpg ) is Brimstone Moth but would appreciate confirmation. Found crawling on some...
791 Ben Smart
bensmart65 Send Email
Mar 25, 2005
9:01 pm
Hi David I'm sure this species is not B lignea. The head and prothoracic plate are the wrong colour (should be dark brown). Lignea also has dark pinaculae and ...
792 David Howdon
davidhowdon Send Email
Mar 26, 2005
11:34 pm
Looking at the picture on UK moths I'm reasonably convinced you are right with D angustiorana. The only noticeable difference seems to be in the area of the...
793 Reg Fry
bughunteruk Send Email
Mar 27, 2005
8:40 am
Certainly looks like a Brimstone larva. The pictures on the website are from a batch of larva I obtained last year. Around half have overwintered as pupa but...
794 David Howdon
davidhowdon Send Email
Mar 27, 2005
7:16 pm
Thanks Reg. I've ordered myself a copy of Porter now so perhaps it will cut down on the things I need to ask the group about (although it probably will not). ...
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