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
Yup, got them sorted now! Life of a Double-striped Pug in order, 3 found in the sweetcorn cob (picked from our garden) 13th August
eating well in the pot 15th August
Stopped eating the 17th & thought it was dying or dead, put back in pot,
Pupa formed by the 19th August
& 3 hatched out on the 1st September
Sorry about the labels but wrote on some of the photos before I took copies. Dumbo!
WendyBartter said:Rich formatting has failed so cannot post OE pic!
Seems OK again ... here's 10 healthy but still very small Oak Eggar larvae
Currently feeding bramble leaves as have plenty available in garden ... bit fiddly cutting out the highly prickly spines though! Keeping them on bramble as they overwinter as small larvae but may require supplementary feeding on warmer Winter days & bramble is evergreen!
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Nige Flickr
WendyBartter said: bit fiddly cutting out the highly prickly spines though
Blimey, Wendy, my Mum didn't even do that for me!!