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It was 20 degrees last night, the warmest night of the year, and I could not plug in the light. It is so frustrating, I am sure to be missing out on...
Hi guys this may have already been asked/answered elsewhere, but I couldn't find anything. Moth trap placement: Where is the best position? in...
A recent mild debate/confusion of thoughts on the other side (sorry probally bad form,apologies if so) has led to the general conclusion that...
I have a border full of Rosebay Willowherb (white-form), but have never seen a Elephant Hawk-moth cat on it. Do you think it is because it is the...
I have some eggs/cats on the way in the next day or so, I know what the usual food plants are but was going to rear them on Privet, I have seen in a...
In my trap when I checked it, I saw on the inside of the trap lid, a cluster of eggs. Look like they may be buff footman eggs, although I may be...
I found a few Six spot burnet pupae a few weeks back, I would say 90% of them turned out to have maggots crawl out of them and pupate, I thought at...
I hope any answers to these questions will not get too complicated, but here goes anyway. Goater`s British Pyralid Moths,the book,how up to date is...
My question is this: why (generally) are moth patterns so stable? In birds, plumage plays a vital part in species recognition and mate selection, so...
Where do Cinnabar cats pupate? I have had two batches of Cinnabar cats. The first ones disappeared, and I presumed that they had buried to...
how do i tell which pupa are male and which are female?
I have notice something for the past 3 years since I first started finding bee moths around my garden and nearby. All bee moths I have found have...
I have a question..... These moths are very common where I live, The cats feed on Rosebay Willowherb I understand? There is a large piece of...
Hi Everyone Im looking at rearing some Deaths head hawkmoth catterpillars and I was wondering about food plants, I know potato is one and Privet...
I live in Essex and have been moth trapping for off and on for twenty years now, the one thing that has bugged me for ages is that the Garden Tiger...
...... catterpillars eat anything but ragwort? I have a small ragwort plant in the garden (just the one) which has 4 cinnabar larvae on, but now...
Can anyone help. This is usually ok, but times when I trap in garden I have to contend with my cat. I can't leave her indoors all night as she mews...
Can anyone suggest a way of preventing a sparrow getting into my Skinner trap please. There was one in this morning!
Apologies in advance for asking what you may all consider to be a pretty daft question...but.....here goes... loads of "unable to identify straight...
Hi, Which are the most reliable and update distribution maps?
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