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 ...
This is an interesting question (to which I don't know the answer!) - last year I bought some noctuid larvae which were for sale from a dealer as live food,...
That is possible although the green one now seems to be about the size the brown ones were before pupating and has still remained green. I've separated it so...
Is there anything in particular that needs to be done to improve the chances of the wasps emerging? --Original Message-- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 14:38:40 +0100 ...
Hi David, I don't think so, any that have emerged out of larvae I have reared have all emerged OK (they would - wouldn't they!). The pupal stage is usually...
Hi Derek, Will get back to you again when I have checked out a couple of things. I think the pupa shown on our website is a male (usually I check the sex ...
Reg Thanks for the info so far. The pupa is pale green and quite lively. It measures 15+mm. I only have this one so I have nothing to compare and having ...
Hi Derek, Have now added pictures of an empty female pupa case to the website. As you will see it is much wider across the middle making it more of an oval...
Hi, can anyone offer suggestions for this specimen found on coastal grass? http://homepage.eircom.net/~hedgerow9/yellow-grass-larva.JPG About 2 cm. long. ...
Looks like a Sawfly larvae to me; possibly about to change skin? Steve. _____ From: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com]...
From the number of legs I would say a sawfly larva. ... -- David Howdon (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/) -- No virus found in this outgoing message....
Hi Stuart Its a sawfly larvae , but I have no idea which species. Paul Talbot Natural History Books www.penninebooks.co.uk 01422 370664 ... From: Stuart To:...
Reg From the looks of it I suspect my pupa is a female. I will follow your advice when the time comes. But first construct open cage..... I'll let you know the...
Hi Stuart As David & Paul say, it is a sawfly. There are at least 27 spp that feed on grass. Yours looks like a Dolerus sp., but 14 in that genus to choose...
... Ian, David, Paul, Thanks for that. ... teeth. Yup, I find that sawflies are under-documented in general on the web. I'm truly fed up of having to say...
I've a got a couple of spinnings I'm rearing through (on Lornica sp) - I'm having problems getting them to transfer to fresh leaves, they are simply too minute...
Thanks Malcolm. The main thing that was worrying me was that they had formed their silk chrysalises over the leaves and dead caterpillar which were now...
Thanks Reg & Jeroen voor the fast answer. Till next time. Cheers, Chris ... From: Jeroen Voogd To: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 07,...
Greetings to the group. I am new to the group but have kept a few caterpillars over the years. I have aquired some eggs of Ghost moth, Hepialus humuli thro'...
Hi Jeroen Thanks for the id. That's great as I've never previously seen The Emperor Moth (Pavonia pavonia) in larval or adult forms. I'll hopefully be ...
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