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Hawley
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Posted: 30 Jun 2011 at 4:40pm |
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Hawley
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As the title says, is this a moth pupae, if so does anybody know which moth??
Found under a tin refugia.
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AGILIS
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Almost looks like a silk worm pupae dont suppose its on a mulberry bush
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Caleb
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Looks like an Emperor moth pupa- the caterpillars feed on heather.
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Hawley
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Not on a mulberry bush, I think Caleb is right especially as it was in near to some heather.
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Noodles
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It belongs to either a Fox moth or an Oak/Northern Eggar but not an Emperor Moth. I'm pretty certain it is the Oak Eggar though. Both are common heathland species and feed, although not exclusively, on heathers (which i can see from the photo).There was a time when i would have known exactly which one it was since i have reared both Foxes and Eggars. Fox moths commonly pupate in leaf litter and i have found them on the underside of reptile refugia several times, although i still think its belongs to an Eggar.
The Emperor is reasonably similar, and i have reared dozens of them, but lacks the tough, symmetrical sausage shaped silken cocoon. Instead it is strongly pear shaped, being open at the narrow end, is glossy in appearance and has a less densely composed cocoon. Emperors also tend to pupate off the ground, up in the heather stems.
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Noodles
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Yep, i've just dug out some old cocoons. It's definitely Oak/Northern Eggar. Fox moth is actually much different to how i had remembered it.
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Liz Heard
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isnt this just a mouldy old vitamin tablet?
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Noodles
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Speaking of what's what Benjamin, what the hell was that pile of sawdust you posted a while back?
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Liz Heard
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it was Taxus baccata (yew).
which is a rather dull answer after the hilarious suggestion that it was Mick Hucknalls short n curlies! Edited by ben rigsby - 12 Jul 2011 at 4:55pm |
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