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All Colour Paperback BUTTERFLIES Robert Goodden.
A comprehensive guide - packed with information and techniques for the breeding and study of butterflies and moths. This book also shows a grand selection of butterflies of every continent. Packed with essential information, colourful pictures and diagrams by the butterfly artist JOYCE BEE. Paperback. 160 pages. 7 x 4". An essential guide for the beginner.
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All Colour Paperback BUTTERFLIES by Robert Goodden. £4.95
Poplar Hawkmoth Laothoe populi
Fast growing, the larvae feed on most Willows and Poplars. They do well in sleeves or caged. This is one of the few hawkmoths that produce two broods of moths in the year. The larvae become very fat and vary in both the ground colour, in shades of green or blue/green, and in their markings which often include red spots as well as the oblique stripes down the sides. The larvae need to burrow into peat for pupation.
Lime Hawk Mimas tiliae
Store the pupae cool until a month before the moths emerge in May. Pairings and laying are easily achieved. The larvae thrive sleeved on Lime or Elm. They pupate underground and emerge the following spring. Single brooded.
Elephant Hawk Dielephila elpenor
Store dormant pupae cool for the winter. The moths emerge in June/July. Cage with nectar flowers and springs of Willowherb – you do not see the pairings but fertile eggs are easily obtained. An exceptionally pretty moth with amazing and characterful larvae, with eye-spots and probing “trunks”. Young larvae are green, later changing to charcoal black, with occasional rarities remaining green. High recommended.
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Indian Moon Moth Actias selene
One of the finest moths in the world! The male (illustrated) has hooked (falcate) wings and long, elegant tails. The wings of the female are much more rounded, and she has delicate crinkly tails. The cocoons can be kept cool in an outhouse or fridge for the winter, and brought out for breeding in the spring. They can also be kept warm and moist to emerge this winter. Pairing takes place at night and is not difficult, but the moths are usually parted by the morning. The female lays on the cage sides. Eggs hatch in about 2 weeks. Newly hatched larvae are red and black banded. With the next skin change they are red, peppered with black spots. Then they change to green, with colourfully decorated tubercles, and they grow enormous – often up to 12 or 15cms long. Preferred foodplants include Hawthorn,
A great favourite and one of the most suitable species for beginners and children. Few species have such a WOW-factor!
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Two Indian Moon Moth cocoons £10.00