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...
Hi all, Does anyone know of any really good containers for hatching eggs / rearing young larvae? I don't find the flimsy clear plastic boxes (with the ...
Found a couple of caterpillars crawling up my garden fence earlier in the week. The lawn had just been cut so I suspect they had been disturbed and took...
Hi David I'm not sure about A, but B is Marbled Beauty - see pic on back of Porter. Cheers Ben Smart ... From: David Howdon <david.howdon@...> To: UK...
Thanks Ben. Currently have a copy of Porter on order but (for rather complex reasons) will probably not get it for six weeks now. As there are no pictures of...
Hi David, I look forward to seeing the pictures - I haven't seen the Marbled Beauty caterpillar before. Porter states that the larvae are rarely found and that...
Thanks Reg The first instar has now shed its skin and moved to ?final instar - looks much healthier and is definitely Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing. Ben ... ...
I would like to obtain some Deaths Head Hawkmoth pupae or adults for photographic purposes. I have tried some major suppliers in the UK and they are not able...
I've put the Marbled Beauty caterpillar in with various Lichens from around where I found it. No sign as yet of it having eaten anything, although that might...
Hi David, Porter gives Xanthoria parietina and Lecidea confluens and other lichens growing on walls roofs and rocks.... The first appears to be one of the most...
Thought you'all might be interested in updates made to the UK Butterflies website at www.ukbutterflies.co.uk. This week sees new contributions from Mike Duffy...
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Hi all, Can anyone help with a couple of larval queries:- The first is at:- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Breeding_UK-Leps/files/Cat5 These could be beaten...
Yes it is! Best regards, Jeroen Voogd _____ Van: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com] Verzonden: woensdag 13 april 2005...
Yes Reg I'd say definitely Early Moth (Theria primaria) - a species whose larvae I am familiar with. Cannot tell with the second query though. Regards Nick G-D...
Hi Reg Is the second larva moulting? If so, the white area between the prothoracic plate and old head capsule is the emerging head I think. Colours may be ...
Thanks Nick (and Jeroen) Nick do you have any tips for finding Light Orange Underwing (Archiearis notha) larvae? A fairly strong colony has been found locally...
Hi Ian, Thanks. The second picture (should have said it was 2.5mm...) was put up on behalf of another member of the group and is right for a geometer. I think...
Hello Reg, all, I think you are quite right and this is indeed an early instar of Operophtera brumata. Best regards, Jeroen Voogd The Netherlands ... Van: Reg...
Reg, I tend to use the smallest or next-to-smallest size plastic boxes as used to box specimens when moth trapping - two or three different shapes, round and...
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