Well here goes, for better or worse, another year of moths. The old thread is here https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/196070/mostly-moths-2018/1221500#1221500
To start us off a couple of silly ones that came to greet the first trap of the year on the night of the 1st to 2nd january. It was around 6-7°C all night & frosts ever since so I gave it a go.
A Double-striped Pug
& same one closed
& White Speck
Nothing earth-shattering, but a start!
Best wishes
Hazel in Southwest France
WendyBartter said:
***WendyBartter 26 May 2019 3:40 PM Next on the agenda ... eggs of Death's Head HM!!***
Never followed through from this post as of the 16 eggs which I received only 5 hatched & subsequently died over a period of a week or so! However, WWB sent replacement eggs & these all hatched & today I counted 11 survivors including a weeny runty one which looks like it's just hatched (might well lose this one!) They have attained a reasonable size so am cautiously optimistic they may continue to thrive on their diet of common privet ... will sort out some pics shortly!
New batch of eggs on 2nd July
All 16 hatched on 5th July
7th July & already poo machines
Forever wandering to the lid, have to move them back to food source or they will perish
8th July
No more pics after these until today when I cleaned them out once more & moved into bigger box with mesh cover to cut down risk of mould!
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
Here's how much they've grown in 15 days ... took a series of pics & measurements as I picked through their messy box
Had to mount a search for 'baby'
Apparently they reach 'chipolata' size by 45 days then pupate ..... Eeeeeek!!!
This was the last man standing from first doomed batch on 9th July @ 23 days it just stopped eating & perished a few days later!!
Trying to psych myself up H ... may just take pics whilst Mick holds one! Lol They have clawed feet too & can squirt liquid! Double eeeeek!
Garden Tiger, a first for me. :-)
My bird photos HERE