Hello again Paul, Satellite (Eupsilia transversa) - don't put it in with other larvae as it is likely to eat them! (Like Dun-bar (Cosmia trapezina) - which is ...
hi Paul this looks like Satellite (Eupsilia transversa) to me. cheers Shane Shane Farrell VC58 Cheshire County Macro-moth Recorder Moth Officer Butterfly...
Dear all, I've uploaded photos to the files area of two moth larvae found in Cumbria over the Bank Holiday weekend. Burnet.JPG - Is this Narrow-bordered five...
Hi all, There have been many new species added to the website and several updated recently. Two species which have been added to are well worth looking at...
A burnet moth caterpillar from this weekend (Horsenden area, Middlesex TQ18). http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/burnet_cat_web.jpg From the pictures in...
I have a dozen silver-washed fritillary pupae which will emerge within the next couple of weeks. As a novice, i am looking for some advice on how to feed them...
Looks to me like a Narrow-bordered Five Spot, the setae (hairs) are too long for Six Spot. I posted a photo of a Six Spot larva in the files area a while ago ...
Hi Rob, Best food for any butterflies are flowers, cut them and place the stems in a
jar with water (keep the lid sealed make a few holes) and place the whole...
The Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica) caterpillar I was rearing has now pupated (somewhere between 24 and 48 hours ago). Interestingly, possibly because it...
Hi David/all, The 'mobility' of pupae is very variable but it doesn't seem to depend on how or where they are located. At one extreme the pupa of the White...
Hi all Please note that the above report is now available for free download from the following links. This year we have tried to accommodate those that wish to...
Hello, I have found a very small critter on a Small Blue. Too small to ascertain if it is a mite or an insect. It is about three times size of its underwing ...
dear members I have put a picture of a grren larva with pure white band long 4-5cm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Breeding_UK-Leps/files/pf1331fp/0002.jpg any...
Hi Paul;, What type of habitat and do you know the foodplant? Regards Reg From: "pf1331_fp" <pf1331fp@...> Reply-To: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com ...
Reg I found it in my garden and larva was on a Bergenia sp. but I can 't say that Bergenia was its foodplant. the other plants in and around the Bergenias...
Jeroen thanks for Id I looked at various pictures on the net and it seems that there is quite variations around this white band. for example the one...
Hello, 18 June 2005 Adonis Blue male 16 (Lower slopes of Mill Hill) Small Heath 11 (Lower slopes of Mill Hill) Common Blue male 11 (Pixie Path 5, Lower...
Hello, Sorry, it went on the wrong forum. Heat causing excessive thirst, I'm afraid. Adur Butterfly & Large Moth List (Microsoft Internet Explorer recommended...
Hi all, My nephew found an unusual group of pupae when searching chestnut trees in my area (NE Essex). I had no idea what would hatch out of them and was most ...
I would agree - Knotgrass. I should keep all the cocoons and parasites until they emerge and (when dead) send them all off to the experts for identification. I...
All, I've posted a photo of a larva found on Meathop Moss, Cumbria (VC69) a few days ago. It was on Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix). Photo is located in...
Thanks Jeroen. That looked the most likely species, but I was put off by it being on a low growing plant rather than a lichen-covered tree. George ... (VC69) a...
Hi all just a note to say that Ilik is now sorted with a melanic peppered and therefore does not need another one. thanks Shane Farrell VC58 Cheshire County...
Can I ask advice and elicit some information reference the Vapourer. 23/6/05 found Vapourer larva feeding on bramble - placed larva and food in plastic...
I am currently rearing on some Lacanobia oleracea from eggs laid by a captured female. As I understand it this moth has two colour forms of its caterpillars ...
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