Not exactly a larval food plant, but I did find a Small pearl-bordered frits feeding on rhododendron flowers in 2010 when the marsh thistles were late. ...
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John Knowler
john.knowler
Feb 2, 2012 10:37 am
All the nibbled leaves of Rhododendrons that I ever see show the classical features of Vine Weevil. No doubt they are just building up their levels before...
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sundrop_moth
Feb 2, 2012 10:39 am
Thanks for the ID Roy. This one had been really bugging me. I thought it might have been scopariella, but it didn't seem quite right. As it turns out the only...
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roy589777
Feb 2, 2012 11:04 am
Yes, I've seen lots of vine weevil damage to rhododendrons, but never caterpillar damage. I wonder what feeds on it within its proper range? Roy...
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Duncan
dwwd1
Feb 2, 2012 1:30 pm
Hundreds of things apparently. See here: ...
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Tony Davis
pyralid1
Feb 2, 2012 8:58 pm
I have just remembered that a few years ago, Argent & Sable underwent a population boom in Scandinavia and larvae were found on a number of unusual foodplants,...
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philip_sansum
Feb 3, 2012 11:32 am
But Rhododendron is a big genus and for ponticum it only gives two species - good old Copper Underwing in Europe and an oriental Saturnid (in the wild?). ...
8804
roy589777
Feb 3, 2012 12:08 pm
Emmet's life history chart in MBGBI vol. 7(2) gives foodplants of all British leps including micros. Rhododendron as a genus is listed just once, for Catoptria...
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STEPHEN PALMER
s.palmer12...
Feb 3, 2012 3:11 pm
An update on the above scheme is available in Files area entitled GRS News Feb 2012 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ScottishMoths/files/ Steve and Carolyn...
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Martin
martin.culshaw
Feb 5, 2012 7:44 pm
My first ever Parsnip Moth at the house- on a lit window tonight. Does this mean that spring is not too far away? Certainly doesn't feel like it here... Martin...
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Tam
asstezz
Feb 7, 2012 12:44 am
Hi, Thought this worth posting from Sussex wildlife trust. Tam http://www.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/blog/2012/02/this-old-art-of-mine/ This old art of mine ...
8808
markyoung31
Feb 7, 2012 6:38 pm
Dear Steve and others, Here is my follow-up for this enquiry about the Rhigognostis from near the coast of Bute. A really fascinating question! First of all,...
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stevepetty@...
stevepetty...
Feb 8, 2012 12:05 am
Dear Mark and Roy Thanks very much for your very illuminating comments on this Rhigognostis, and particularly Mark for contacting so many folks to try and...
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Tam
asstezz
Feb 8, 2012 11:30 pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0152fty...
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Ewan Munro
ewanmunro87
Feb 9, 2012 7:47 pm
Hi everyone, I was out today with an RSPB work party at Culbin Sands when I saw this little guy fluttering about in an area of grass and dwarf shrubs growing...
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roy589777
Feb 9, 2012 7:52 pm
Hi Ewan, This is Acleris hyemana, a tortricid moth associated with heather. It spends the winter as an adult. Roy...
8813
ewanmunro87
Feb 9, 2012 9:44 pm
Hi Roy, Thanks for the ID! I really should know A. hyemana by now, given that this is the second time I've asked the group to identify a member of that...
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keith.naylor@...
keith.naylor...
Feb 12, 2012 6:03 pm
Hi All  I have just been given some old correspondence of RIS papers and amongst them are the details of the Recorders and Determiners for all the stations...
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Barry Prater
barryprater...
Feb 12, 2012 6:19 pm
Hi Keith Does this include all the RIS stations? If so, I’d be interested to have details for the two in VC81: 302 Duns 375 St Abb’s Many thanks ...
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John Knowler
john.knowler
Feb 12, 2012 8:45 pm
Hi Keith I currently identify the catch of site 97 (Rowardennan) which has run from 1968 to the present. Anything you can tell me about past recorders for this...
8817
quercuscorticis
Feb 12, 2012 8:49 pm
Hi all, wonder if anyone can help me with this caterpillar found on birch on 29 July 2011. It's about 26 mm long. ...
8818
roy589777
Feb 12, 2012 8:54 pm
Hi Carl, This looks very like Common Heath, and the time of year would fit. Was the habitat predominently heather moorland? Roy...
8819
quercuscorticis
Feb 12, 2012 9:23 pm
Very much so, there were just a few birches between a large expanse of heather and the road. It was well up in the tree though. Looking at Common Heath larva...
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roy589777
Feb 12, 2012 9:37 pm
Hi Carl, I have photos of Common Heath caterpillars exactly matching yours. I've also tapped them from low sallow bushes growing amongst heather. So I'm...
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quercuscorticis
Feb 12, 2012 9:57 pm
Thanks Roy. I'll look out for Grey Birch this year! Carl...
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Anand Prasad
swanandprasad
Feb 13, 2012 1:40 pm
Hi I have an amendment to the note on Late flying Winter Moth published in the recent Atropos. Whilst at the publishers and so too late to change, came news...
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heather_young247
heather_youn...
Feb 14, 2012 9:26 am
Having run my trap once a week all winter for the Garden Moth Scheme with little success (no real surprise), a Spring Usher fell onto my boot yesterday while...
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stevepetty@...
stevepetty...
Feb 14, 2012 11:27 am
Similar to Heather, I have had very little trapping success through the winter – just one micro. But, this change to milder weather has encouraged some...
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Barry Prater
barryprater...
Feb 14, 2012 11:29 am
Hey – my first Spring Ushers yesterday too, but with a trap under an oak last night. Although this species was stated as being widely distributed in VC81 by...
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Duncan Davidson
dwwd1
Feb 14, 2012 8:33 pm
Thank you for the inspiration Heather. The first Spring Usher for VC85 found tonight on a trunk not far from my trap, in a place I've tried unsuccessfully many...
