Special Offers
NETTING Fine Black Nylon 5 metres 170cm wide
We have just purchased the last available stock of this fine netting that we are offering again at a greatly reduced price. This netting is durable, resists tearing and deterioration in UV light. It is fine enough to keep out minute flies and parasites.
When this stock has sold we expect the replacement to be at not such a low price as it is currently offered.
If you are thinking of making a netting structure, cage covering or making sleeves for rearing larvae, now is the time to order the material.
NETTING Fine Black Nylon 10 metres 170cm wide
We have just purchased the last available stock of this fine netting that we are offering again at a greatly reduced price. This netting is durable, resists tearing and deterioration in UV light. It is fine enough to keep out minute flies and parasites.
When this stock has sold we expect the replacement to be at not such a low price as it is currently offered.
If you are thinking of making a netting structure, cage covering or making sleeves for rearing larvae, now is the time to order the material.
NETTING Fine Black Nylon 20 metres (2 x 10m) Only £1.75 per metre! 170cm wide.
We have just purchased the last available stock of this fine netting that we are offering again at a greatly reduced price. This netting is durable, resists tearing and deterioration in UV light. It is fine enough to keep out minute flies and parasites.
When this stock has sold we expect the replacement to be at not such a low price as it is currently offered.
If you are thinking of making a netting structure, cage covering or making sleeves for rearing larvae, now is the time to order the material.
Duo Peacock Butterfly Inachis io and Small Tortoiseshell urticae 10 larvae of each
Ten larvae each of the Small Tortoiseshell and Peacock Butterfly. Both feed on Stinging Nettle. Young larvae should be kept on growing foodplant, covered with a netting sleeve, or reared in plastic rearing containers, cleaned out and fed daily as shown in the All Colour Paperback BUTTERFLIES. When larger, the larvae can be caged with cut nettle in a jar or water, on on potted growing foodplant.
Mini Cage
Use horizontally or vertically. Perfect beginner's cage but experienced breeders use these in some numbers because of their convenient design and stackability. 7 x 10 x 7 ins.
These are brand new and offered at a special price.
Green-veined White Pieris napi
A delicate member of the White family, with variable markings and prominent underside veining. The larvae feed on many Cruficerae with a particular liking for Jack by the Hedge Alliaria, Horseradish Armoracia rusticana, Cresses and Mustards.
Very easy to breed. Several generations are possible in a season. The pupa hibernates. Keep the pupae cool or in the fridge until April. Lay them out to emerge in May and provide the adults with nectar flowers and stems of the foodplant on which to lay.
Harmless to garden plants (they prefer wild plants), this is a species you can breed to enhance the local countryside.
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae
Young larvae should be kept on growing Stinging Nettle, covered with a netting sleeve, or reared in plastic rearing containers, cleaned out and fed daily as shown in the All Colour Paperback BUTTERFLIES. When larger, the larvae can be caged with cut nettle in a jar or water, on on potted growing foodplant. In a matter of weeks the pupae are formed hanging from the cage top, and the butterflies emerge in a little over a fortnight.
The Small Tortoiseshell has suddenly become scarce where once it was common. By releasing either butterflies or larvae, it might help to bring back this once common butterfly.
The butterflies can be kept in a cage for a few days, with plenty of flowers for nectar, and then released to help the wild populations.
The Small Tortoiseshell has suddenly become scarce where once it was common. By releasing either butterflies or larvae, it might help to bring back this once common butterfly.
The butterflies can be kept in a cage for a few days, with plenty of flowers for nectar, and then released to help the wild populations.
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae
Young larvae should be kept on growing Stinging Nettle, covered with a netting sleeve, or reared in plastic rearing containers, cleaned out and fed daily as shown in the All Colour Paperback BUTTERFLIES. When larger, the larvae can be caged with cut nettle in a jar or water, on on potted growing foodplant. In a matter of weeks the pupae are formed hanging from the cage top, and the butterflies emerge in a little over a fortnight.
The Small Tortoiseshell has suddenly become scarce where once it was common. By releasing either butterflies or larvae, it might help to bring back this once common butterfly.
The butterflies can be kept in a cage for a few days, with plenty of flowers for nectar, and then released to help the wild populations.
Peacock Butterfly (Inachis io)
The larvae live in tight clusters on the tips of nettle. When the larvae are larger, keep them caged on cut stems of nettle in a jar of water. Pupae are formed in a matter of weeks, hanging from the cage top. Butterflies emerge in about 3 weeks. They can be kept for a few days in a cage with flowers for nectar, then released into the wild.
Peacock Butterfly (Inachis io)
The larvae live in tight clusters on the tips of nettle. When the larvae are larger, keep them caged on cut stems of nettle in a jar of water. Pupae are formed in a matter of weeks, hanging from the cage top. Butterflies emerge in about 3 weeks. They can be kept for a few days in a cage with flowers for nectar, then released into the wild.
Large Tortoiseshell Nymphalis polychloros
One of
Early pairings will produce larvae in May - a little later than at first expected, because of the cold April.
Small Purple Emperor Apatura ilia
Rather similar to Apatura iris, but a little smaller. The form clytie has a delightful orange flush to a greater or lesser degree, on most specimens.
These larvae, which feed on Poplars and Aspen, will produce butterflies this year. Sleeving is a good rearing method. They need little other attention other than ensuring they have sufficient fresh foodplant. The pupae will be formed in the sleeve, dramatically camouflaged amongst the foliage.
This species has sold out for 2013 and we are now taking orders for 2014.