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:- ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
I think this one ( http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/QBrimstone.jpg ) is Brimstone Moth but would appreciate confirmation. Found crawling on some...
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 ...
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...
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...
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). ...
Reg, a picture of it from the side is now up at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Breeding_UK-Leps/files/DavidH/Cat_B_2.jpg This is after shedding its skin and...
Hi David, Those black dots around the white spiracles are pretty distinctive and I don't know of anything similar. Just shows again how important it is to have...
The literature suggests that Comma larvae can occasionally be found on Willows and Currants. Does anyone have any experience of this? Please state 1. Your...
Hi Derek I have never found larvae on currants but once found a pupa. I assumed it had wandered from nettle nearby. that said, it was an allotment where nettle...
... I once many years ago found a comma caterpillar pupating on a Gooseberry bush in my parents garden. Currant is a well documented foodplant. -- Neil Jones-...
Hi, I'm a PhD student of Stockholm University, Zoology department. Part of my project is to compare the Comma butterfly, from Sweden and the UK, concerning...
Hi Richard/all I guess it is powdered artificial food which you mix with water. Not very interesting to watch them feed on this and a bit messy. I don't see...
Hi all I also note this company sell "live" Bumblebee nests. I would have thought this was a sure way of spreading diseases to other areas ? Paul Talbot ...
Hi all, Thanks once again to all those who have provided pictures of Lepidoptera Early Stages for the website. We are only one short 300 species now which is ...
Reg, a few suggestions that might be quite quick to implement (or not I don't really know much about web design). 1) Perhaps an option to list the species in...
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Hi all I've uploaded two larval photos. The first is at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Breeding_UK-Leps/files/Ben/bbyu.jpg ? is this Broad-bordered Yellow...
Hi Jerry Try http://www.angleps.btinternet.co.uk/ The company is run by two keen lepidopterists and they will discuss you requirements and set you up with the...
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