Where is the best place to look for caterpillars?

Just now I noticed this topic.
This season in the Crimea, depression continues in many species of butterflies, so it is difficult to find caterpillars. In order to find them, you need to know the development time and forage plants of specific species. That is, you need to search for specific species on specific plants at specific times. In addition, it should be borne in mind that many caterpillars feed at night, and hide during the day.

This post was edited by okoem - 08.10.2014 07: 39

Just now I noticed this topic.
This season in the Crimea, depression continues in many species of butterflies, so it is difficult to find caterpillars. In order to find them, you need to know the development time and forage plants of specific species. That is, you need to search for specific species on specific plants at specific times. In addition, it should be borne in mind that many caterpillars feed at night, and hide during the day.

In many species? It would be interesting to know the reasons. Have you had little rain in the Crimea in recent months? What about the nymphalids? I didn't see any anglerflies on the North Crimean Canal in the summer (last year there were a lot of them there, and they flew to the bait).

This post was edited by Wave Storm - 10/11/2014 20: 07

In many species? It would be interesting to know the reasons. Have you had little rain in the Crimea in recent months? What about the nymphalids?

The reason is that there was no precipitation in 2012 and 2013. The soil has dried up, and the forage plants are gone. This year there was precipitation, but not enough to fill the accumulated deficit. So the drought is still ongoing.
The nymphalids seem to be all right. There are really fewer angioplasts than usual.

Has anyone looked for L. dumi caterpillars? I'm going to look for them in late May or early June in the afternoon, can anyone give any instructions on how to find them?

Has anyone looked for L. dumi caterpillars? I'm going to look for them in late May or early June in the afternoon, can anyone give any instructions on how to find them?

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Has anyone looked for L. dumi caterpillars? I'm going to look for them in late May or early June in the afternoon, can anyone give any instructions on how to find them?

Has anyone looked for L. dumi caterpillars? I'm going to look for them in late May or early June in the afternoon, can anyone give any instructions on how to find them?

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It's a little late to look.

I have a question about the caterpillars of the lilac hawk moth.

In the book by Efetov and Budashkin on butterflies of the Crimea, it is said that the lilac hawk moth in the Crimea is common, gives two generations and flies well into the light. I live not in the Crimea, but nearby, in the Kherson region, but I have never seen either its summer in the light, or caterpillars on lilacs, only once on privet. Both lilacs and privets are planted decently in our cities.So the question is: how to properly search for lilac hawk moth caterpillars? Inspect each leaf or even branches? Do I need to go deep into the bush? Where is the best place to look: along the road near the roadway or in the park? Maybe you should mow the bushes with a net or tap on them with a stick? I've tried looking at bushes with gnawed leaves, but so far to no avail.

I found it many years ago. I haven't been to Crimea for a long time.
You can look next to the nibbles, but the most effective way, according to my observations, is to search for the feces of caterpillars. It is necessary to search in places where bushes hang on asphalt or some other hard surface. The caterpillar is located above the epicenter of the spread of feces. The best places are bushes along houses and few passing roads. They avoid roads with heavy traffic (gas pollution).

I have a question about the caterpillars of the lilac hawk moth.

In the book by Efetov and Budashkin on butterflies of the Crimea, it is said that the lilac hawk moth in the Crimea is common, gives two generations and flies well into the light. I live not in the Crimea, but nearby, in the Kherson region, but I have never seen either its summer in the light, or caterpillars on lilacs, only once on privet. Both lilacs and privets are planted decently in our cities.So the question is: how to properly search for lilac hawk moth caterpillars? Inspect each leaf or even branches? Do I need to go deep into the bush? Where is the best place to look: along the road near the roadway or in the park? Maybe you should mow the bushes with a net or tap on them with a stick? I've tried looking at bushes with gnawed leaves, but so far to no avail.

I don't know how it is in the Kherson region, but in the Kharkiv region, almost everyone is probably already pupated. I checked in the early 20's of numbers. And as we wrote above, the most reliable way to search is for fresh excrement. Just like that, it's very difficult to look out for caterpillars in lilacs. The caterpillar is very well camouflaged. By the way, she has a bit of a fighting personality

This post was edited by NIKSTER - 28.08.2017 14: 41

Or maybe it's better to look for it at night or early in the morning, while it's still dark, with a flashlight?
I saw that one caterpillar early this morning.

In general, it will be necessary to try.

This post was edited by Wave Storm - 28.08.2017 20: 09

Or maybe it's better to look for it at night or early in the morning, while it's still dark, with a flashlight?

No, look for it during the day, by the excrement on the asphalt. Only search in July, not now.

okoem, what about the second generation?

No, look for it during the day, by the excrement on the asphalt. Only search in July, not now.

It was possible to search in the middle of August, I found it, but you need patience, because more often just dry excrement is found.

okoem, what about the second generation?

It is small in number, acc. and there aren't many caterpillars. You can search, of course, but the search efficiency will be low.

Has anyone looked for L. dumi caterpillars? I'm going to look for them in late May or early June in the afternoon, can anyone give any instructions on how to find them?

Once I found it in the evening on a blade of grass. Their goslings grow perfectly on a dandelion from an egg. there is a problem of pupae not to kill, very picky to humidity