FAO: J.Darcy

[poacher3161 1,766]

Nice one malt their one of my favourite moths and used to be very common [bANNED TEXT] i was a kid you could find the catterpillars on willow herb that used to flourish on industrial wastelands.atb dell

[Malt 379]

Very nice Malts. Mine have just started to pop out now here.

 

If you get a boy and a girl then try for a pairing. First you will need to feed them and this is easy. In a very shallow dish mix up a bit of honey and water, then forcibly grab the moths hindwings and with your other hand use a needle to uncurl the proboscis and place it in the solution. The moth may not drink at first and you may have to hold the probosis in the solution for a while. However they soon get used to this and will feed avidly after only a short time. Once they have been fed a few times there is a good chance they wil pair and lay eggs.

 

And, hey, dont forget me when the eggs are laid....

 

 

Maybe try breeding next year, the first one out has already buggered off!

 

No. 2 was out this morning!

Nice one malt their one of my favourite moths and used to be very common [bANNED TEXT] i was a kid you could find the catterpillars on willow herb that used to flourish on industrial wastelands.atb dell

 

I fed the first one I had on fuchsia, didn't think there was any willow herb round here. Found out since there's tons of the fecking stuff dotted about! The railway embankments are thick with it.

Edited May 15, 2010 by maltenby

["Earth!" 503]

Very nice Malts. Mine have just started to pop out now here.

 

If you get a boy and a girl then try for a pairing. First you will need to feed them and this is easy. In a very shallow dish mix up a bit of honey and water, then forcibly grab the moths hindwings and with your other hand use a needle to uncurl the proboscis and place it in the solution. The moth may not drink at first and you may have to hold the probosis in the solution for a while. However they soon get used to this and will feed avidly after only a short time. Once they have been fed a few times there is a good chance they wil pair and lay eggs.

 

And, hey, dont forget me when the eggs are laid....

 

 

Maybe try breeding next year, the first one out has already buggered off!

 

No. 2 was out this morning!

Nice one malt their one of my favourite moths and used to be very common [bANNED TEXT] i was a kid you could find the catterpillars on willow herb that used to flourish on industrial wastelands.atb dell

 

I fed the first one I had on fuchsia, didn't think there was any willow herb round here. Found out since there's tons of the fecking stuff dotted about! The railway embankments are thick with it.

 

you lads ever seen the hummingbird moth? there are a few around here.remember seeing my first one,never knew there was such a moth.i spent ages looking for it with a net thinking it was an escapee hummingbird.didnt manage to get it but told my boss at the time.she informed me it was a moth and told every fecker,i felt a right idiot

[Malt 379]

 

 

you lads ever seen the hummingbird moth? there are a few around here.remember seeing my first one,never knew there was such a moth.i spent ages looking for it with a net thinking it was an escapee hummingbird.didnt manage to get it but told my boss at the time.she informed me it was a moth and told every fecker,i felt a right idiot

 

Never seen one myself, just the elephant & privet hawk moths.

["Earth!" 503]

 

 

you lads ever seen the hummingbird moth? there are a few around here.remember seeing my first one,never knew there was such a moth.i spent ages looking for it with a net thinking it was an escapee hummingbird.didnt manage to get it but told my boss at the time.she informed me it was a moth and told every fecker,i felt a right idiot

 

Never seen one myself, just the elephant & privet hawk moths.

they are just like a humming bird.not sure if darcy has tried rearing them? have ya,have ya??

[J Darcy 5,871]

Nope not yet, but maybe one day. The secret is netting a gravid female, but you need lots of cleevers to rear the young on. Technically its possible to overwinter them in the uk in captivity, so i hope to bump into one some day.