C.Rayz's photos with the keyword: reared

One of the big female Vapourer caterpillars protesting me messing about with her.

One of the big females from inside, wish I had a video, was dancing on the smooth surface round and round. More updates to the Vapourer moth caterpillars we had, they have since pupated and emerged will update with more photos soon.

One from inside having a wander while the container gets a clean and fresh food. They pupated a couple days later. More updates to the Vapourer moth caterpillars we had, they have since pupated and emerged will update with more photos soon.

One of the male final instar from inside. More updates to the Vapourer moth caterpillars we had, they have since pupated and emerged will update with more photos soon.

There were loads of these guys, and I have a couple of pots of bramble on the balcony so this is one of the ones we put outside. We also released about 70 on other wild places. More updates to the Vapourer moth caterpillars we had, they have since pupated and emerged will update with more photos soon.

There were loads of these guys, and I have a couple of pots of bramble on the balcony so this is one of the ones we put outside. We also released about 70 on other wild places. More updates to the Vapourer moth caterpillars we had, they have since pupated and emerged will update with more photos soon.

They are not real cooperative at this age..lol Sorry for the poor quality but you get the idea, two different stages are here. More updates to the Vapourer moth caterpillars we had, they have since pupated and emerged will update with more photos soon.

Some folks may recall us finding a pupa of a moth in the beginning of April ( Large Pupa ) So we brought it home due to its unfortunate location in a wet muddy footpath and raised her. We've kept her in dirt in a bug house with wire mesh sides, lightly misted her about every 2 - 3 days and in a cool dark room and she finally emerged today :D What a fantastic face she has!

Some folks may recall us finding a pupa of a moth in the beginning of April ( Large Pupa ) So we brought it home due to its unfortunate location in a wet muddy footpath and raised her. We've kept her in dirt in a bug house with wire mesh sides, lightly misted her about every 2 - 3 days and in a cool dark room and she finally emerged today :D Plump and pink and flight tested we took her back to the location we found her at Filsham and let her go.

Some folks may recall us finding a pupa of a moth in the beginning of April ( Large Pupa ) So we brought it home due to its unfortunate location in a wet muddy footpath and raised her. We've kept her in dirt in a bug house with wire mesh sides, lightly misted her about every 2 - 3 days and in a cool dark room and she finally emerged today :D I really feel privileged to have been a part of this process with her.

Some folks may recall us finding a pupa of a moth in the beginning of April ( Large Pupa ) So we brought it home due to its unfortunate location in a wet muddy footpath and raised her. We've kept her in dirt in a bug house with wire mesh sides, lightly misted her about every 2 - 3 days and in a cool dark room and she finally emerged today :D What a sight it was to see her and know that she has matured and is going back to the wild and that we helped. We took her back to Filsham where we found her and let her fly off :)

There are two types of Copper Underwing and one of the ways to ID them is to look at the underside of the underwing. Cooper is not even slightly amused and couldn't care less about which underwing he is and is NOT cooperating. You really can't tell from this photo which underwing we have.

A nice side shot of the palps which clearly shows yellow tips even on the A. pyramidea.

One of the ways we found to diagnose Copper Underwing vs Svensson's Copper Underwing. On the later the palps should be quite grey with yellow tips only, were as the Copper Underwing has more yellow palps all the way along. As you can see here, a freshly emerged Copper Underwing can also have yellow tips, since we had the caterpillar and were able to make a positive ID of Copper Underwing.

On July 5th, I found a Scarlet Tiger Moth over at Pebsham, brought her home to photograph and while she was with me she laid four eggs. I took her back the next day and released her to lay the rest but decided to rear them.