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Wednesday, 12 May 2010

Larval Life

Here's a selection of larvae that I currently have boxed up for rearing:

Feathered Thorn - several munching happily on my lilac bush

Presumed Square-spot Rustic. One I found when at Ketton Quarry a couple of weeks ago - it should be easy to rear on grass and weeds but so far it's hardly touching anything I offer ....

Winter Moth - found several on both hawthorn and rowan

Currently unidentified geometrid found on hawthorn - looks most like Autumnal Moth but seems unlikely

Trachycera advenella - easy to find on hawthorn

Uknown micro round on rowan - looks like a tortrix

Larval web found on Bird-cherry - Bird-cherry Ermine

Pistol Case-bearer Coleophora anatipennella on hawthorn

Found several Coleophorid cases on hawthorn like these - not convinced they are all the same species, probably both Coleophora spinella and Coleophora coracipennella

Another Coleophorid on hawthorn - this one is odd though as the case is very small and probably the first one produced.