Category Archives: Field work

Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth larvae – another sighting

Posted on 3 July 2012 by Tony Prichard

Supporting what Neil said – there’s still time to look for these larvae. I had a couple in the Westleton Common area on Sunday 1st July – both early instar but there were also signs of larvae that would suggest … Continue reading →

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Still time for Broad-bordered bee hawk larvae.

Posted on 1 July 2012 by Neil

Found a 1st instar larva of Broad-bordered bee hawk this evening on Honeysuckle at the golf course so they are still around to find if anyone wants to search for them. Neil

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Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth larval sightings

Posted on 29 June 2012 by Tony Prichard

A couple of recent sightings of the larvae to report from previously known sites. Tunstall Forest on Tuesday 26/6 – in the White Admiral area Rendlesham Forest on Thursday 27/7 – at the eastern end of the old Woodbridge Airfield … Continue reading →

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Merrifieldia baliodactylus and Small Ranunculus

Posted on 15 June 2012 by Tony Prichard

I’ve just had a couple of species hatch out from stock I’ve been rearing. The Small Ranunculus were from larva collecting alongside the A14 between Felixstowe and Ipswich last year. The M. baliodactylus was more recently collected at Narborough in … Continue reading →

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Merrifieldia baliodactylus larva – Narborough, Norfolk

Posted on 31 May 2012 by Tony Prichard

I was up at the Narborough Railway Line NWT reserve last weekend looking for the larva of the plume Merrifieldia baliodactylus. The larva feeds  on Wild Marjoram and there is plenty of the foodplant growing on the chalk. The moth … Continue reading →

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Eriocrania leaf-miners guide

Posted on 25 April 2012 by Tony Prichard

I’ve put a guide for the Eriocraniid leaf-miners up in the Articles area that can be accessed from the menu below the blog banner. I’ve not checked recently but the mines should be about now and for a few weeks … Continue reading →

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Sieving for longhorn cases

Posted on 27 March 2012 by Tony Prichard

This is a technique for finding the larval cases of some of our longhorn moths that I was shown by Ian Sims at a British Entomological and Natural History Society meeting last autumn. Some of the longhorn moths will be … Continue reading →

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