Good afternoon! I have released Aeshna cyanea in imago. To be honest, I thought they would only be ready for spring - I took them in the Pskov region (now I'm in St. Petersburg) in early August, when they were 1.5 cm in size (it turns out these are ...
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Приветствую! Месяц назад нашел 5 гусениц бражника мертвая голова. Окуклились. ...
Hello!Does anyone keep grasshoppers at home?
Здравствуйте! Кто-нибудь разводил G. shelkovnikovae? Есть ли особенности инкубации ...
Friends, please help me find the Hawthorn caterpillar. Very much needed, no matter how much I'm looking for, no one has it.
Small ones should already be quite there, as far as I understand. We look in the direction of forage plants...
I took a caterpillar from the camp, it turned out to be a tobacco hawk moth(if Wikipedia is not lying, @@Manduca sexta@@ What is the best way to feed it and where can I find a mate for it? And I still haven't figured out exactly how long they live. ...
I took a caterpillar from the camp, it turned out to be a tobacco hawk moth(if Wikipedia is not lying, Manduca sexta What is the best way to feed it ...
A friend caught locusts in the vineyards in the vicinity of Sevastopol and, at my request, kept them for himself. After a week of life, she gave birth to him - they had to get rid of the offspring. The very next day, I was able to go to his ...
A friend caught locusts in the vineyards in the vicinity of Sevastopol and, at my request, kept them for himself. After a week of life, she gave ...
After I searched all the most popular sites (Such as Avito or the corresponding Vkontakte communities), I got the feeling that the variety of types of bronzes that are available for purchase within the CIS is very modest (And with orders from abroad ...
It seems that the thicker, the better, but such a Terr with a front door figs will find, so I can not check this assumption. And so 5 cm of any ...
Tonight I saw this insect on the wall, can you tell me who it is?? Pictures:8477E22D_0263_4018_ADF8_19FCF7CB76A9.png — (6.83мб) 41305966_DC9D_4EA7_B6A9_336E82E22006.jpeg — (1.47 mb) 6DE0AEF0_D9CC_4272_B010_335A4F040621.png — (6.83мб)
Goldeneye larva. On the back - skins of its eaten victims.
Hello. Please tell me which of the insects or worms can eat 1500 tons of sawdust and wood chips mixed with loam? I would like to get compost or lawn soil that way. Only it is necessary that they do not devour the whole city later, when they breed. ...
The microflora will eat itself, the main thing is to feed it with nitrogen, for example, to shed carbamide regularly. Then the bronzes will breed ...
This year, I started to find Swallowtail caterpillars quite often in the garden. I studied the topic and decided to grow, having a little experience at my own risk, I decided to try breeding tropical butterflies. But that's a different story... If ...
And all because the aquarium is for fish, butterflies are not kept in the glass.
Good afternoon. I asked a question in the topic "Keeping and breeding butterflies", but there is no answer yet, so I will ask here. Last year, I took two Swallowtail caterpillars in the Moscow region. They pupated and wintered on the balcony. ...
It is not dangerous and can be released.
Hello. I have two Swallowtail caterpillars. I found it in the garden on Snyti. I fed her. Today one decided to pupate. She hung on to a branch. The second one hasn't changed its mind yet. How to arrange a proper wintering period for them? The ...
Hello. I have two Swallowtail caterpillars. I found it in the garden on Snyti. I fed her. Today one decided to pupate. She hung on to a branch. The ...
Hello! I decided to create a separate topic on caterpillar diseases and their prevention, maybe someone has encountered a similar problem as I have. Yesterday afternoon I caught 5 small ones (see 2-3) swallowtail caterpillars. I planted it in a ...
Who can tell you what is the cause of caterpillar death?Similar problem. I recently found 3 wine hawk moth caterpillars and put them in one ...
Larvae of Parnassius charltonius Corydalis lutea Pictures:CharltoniusL4.JPG — (4.62мб)
Larvae of Parnassius charltonius Corydalis luteaHi Peter! Fantastic! How did you get them? Your next step: to introduce charltonius in the German ...
Hello! On the street -20, a butterfly woke up in the apartment. Google says it's a turnip. Fed syrup from cotton wool (I managed to eat it), put it in a jar, putting water there, leaving the syrup and mashed banana. All on the advice of the ...
I have no experience with morpho, but our domestic butterflies poop very, very modestly. About krapa: I have wallpaper with a complex pattern, there ...
Hello, please tell me:1. Here are the beetles kept in terrariums, but they don't live long, so I'm interested in ground beetles.They live a long time, don't they?What are the largest available species?2. The same questions about the aquarius ...
Well, I had pecils (ornates), but I couldn't afford monocentropuses. Then there was another fashion quirk: the presence of a blue shade in the color ...
Please help us understand what is happening with beetles!I have been keeping African bronzes at home for more than a year now, and there have been no problems with them. And recently, the beetles have become sluggish, eat poorly and massively die as ...
If you want a long-term pet, then take a female bird-eating spider, depending on the species they live in the range of 10-25 years, most likely you ...
Hello, who is familiar with the breeding culture of Pseudoglomeris magnifica, how many individuals should be kept?
Hello, who is familiar with the breeding culture of Pseudoglomeris magnifica, how many individuals should be kept?
Hello, I bought 13 small caterpillars, first I kept them on the IPS for hawkmoth, as the seller advised. Maintained heat, humidity, and ventilation. The caterpillars began to die. I thought of a low-quality IPS, bought it in another place, planted ...
So it's the humidity, I'll know who would have suggested it earlier ...
Please give me some advice.The pupa of a tropical butterfly (presumably Papilio Palinurus) has turned black, the wings are visible, the shell has become transparent, i.e. it seems to have matured, but it has frozen at this stage, and it has not ...
please tellme and anyone knows the reason for not hatching?
Hello, I'm new to the forum. August 31 in the forest found a praying mantis girl the next day zbezhala and postponed ooteka on the baseboard, it's been two months nothing happens then read about diapause but religious it seems not needed. Question ...
Each larva can eat up to two siblings a day. Calculate for yourself how many days 99.
Hello!I have three swallowtail pupae.Hang since August, in the bank, there is humidity due to a wet cotton pad.Two pupae are definitely showing signs of life.But none of them show up. The apartment is not hot, but also not cold, I want to put them ...
Is the task worth releasing butterflies in the spring?
One cheapskate gave me 3 tracks .I want to bring all three of them out so that not one of them will die!!!!!!!!Give me some tips:what conditions to create for them;what is the best way to feed them?????????
A male came out today. Pictures:20210703_084326.jpg — (823.72к)
Hello! They tried to breed bronzes of an unusual subspecies at home. Accidentally broke the cocoon of the pupa-there was a motionless larva. Can you tell me if a bug can't hatch out of it now? And is there any way to help in this situation?
Build a kind of cocoon out of artificial materials. For this purpose, the bourgeois use a certain synthetic sponge, which is often used to create ...
Fellow entomologists!Although this is not the most entomological forum in the world, but (despite/because of) I wonder a) whether there are many entomologists on molbiol b) how to keep mantises: catch, transport, keep, feed. I'm not going to breed, ...
In September of last year, they mated with Vladimir (Kolez), the male died the next day, and the female did not postpone the ooteka and also did not ...
Hello everyone, the children brought a bedstraw hawk moth caterpillar in the fall. She just pupated. Lies all winter in a dark cool place. In the summer, we are still thinking of bringing it out. Question: what are the conditions for withdrawal? Put ...
Even our dandelions haven't bloomed yet. Yes, and they are closed at night. And it's nocturnal. Look for flowering willows. Or something in the ...
Hello, I recently caught some ground beetles and decided to try to keep them.Can someone tell us how to maintain them, and whether there are any subtleties in this?I have a container with dirt and driftwood, but I'm more interested in how and what ...
Tell me, what do ground beetles of the genus Amara eat? How to keep them at home?
Good day to all! Please give me some advice on how to proceed. In early spring, a black fluffy caterpillar was picked up on the roadway, brought home, fed, and successfully pupated. Yesterday, the Fat brown bear butterfly came out. (Sort of). I ...
Thank you so much for your reply! And on the street, she can hide and fall into suspended animation, like in a refrigerator?
Cethosia Biblis Hypolimnus Bolina Danaus Crysippus Ideopsis Juventa Graphium Agamemnon Doleschallia Bisaltide Papilio Demoleus Hebomoja Glaucippe Idea LeuconoeParthenos Sylvia PhilippensisPachliopta Kotzebuea Papilio Polytes Papilio Palinurus ...
Please help me, someone . I have a blue morpho butterfly, I made a house out of a plastic bottle, and soaked the peas, they are about to rise. Tell ...
Can you tell me if it is possible to find barbel pupae under the bark in winter to grow imagos from them? How this process occurs,how long it takes,what substrate to place the pupa in, and so on. Which trees or stumps should I choose? Interested in ...
Can you tell me if it is possible to find barbel pupae under the bark in winter to grow imagos from them? How this process occurs,how long it ...
hello evrivan) I have a question about the group indicated in the title. these animals are not very popular among collectors and breeders, but they are very sweet to my heart. I know of only 4 types listed on the site Leps.it. These are Lemonia ...
Maybe someone knows-for Lemonia dumi can be a food plant chicory (Cichórium întybus)?
Dear entomologists, There was a problem with breeding this type of butterfly. Caterpillars began to die en masse, and not only young animals. There is always enough food, I change it regularly, and the bank also has ventilation.I will note that I ...
Dear entomologists, There was a problem with breeding this type of butterfly. Caterpillars began to die en masse, and not only young animals. There ...
Good afternoon! I found larvae of mottled wings (presumably Terellia tussilaginis) inside burdock spines. I brought it home and put a bunch of thorns in a jar and covered it with a lid with holes in it. Please tell me if you need any special ...
I perfectly understand the difference between spines and hooks, the habit from childhood remained in the conversation so to call burdock ...
In the bellies of the larvae of the bronzer found some eggs, does anyone know what kind of parasite it can be? Pictures:IMG_20201223_141756.jpg — (2.04 mb)
In the bellies of the larvae of the bronzer found some eggs, does anyone know what kind of parasite it can be? Pictures:IMG_20201223_141756.jpg — ...
More than a year ago, I plucked an unfortunate maggot from a rotten trunk in Indonesia. (Most likely even 2 pcs - I forgot). Fate gave her several flights, as well as a secret passage in the car of the Moscow-Rostov train. During the year, to my ...
I didn't think about the masses of pests. There was a bobcat, spider, snails, etc. A couple of pupae (pupated in field conditions, no result)This ...
Hello everyone. I, not so long ago, began to engage in breeding Ladybirds at home. There is very little information about this on the Internet. There is no one to consult and discuss current issues with. Everyone doesn't take my increase seriously. ...
Aphids, of course.
Please tell me what you can feed the caterpillars of the Scoliopteryx libatrix butterfly now in November?
Please tell me what you can feed the caterpillars of the Scoliopteryx libatrix butterfly now in November?
We discuss the maintenance and breeding of these insects, which are quite popular as fodder and ornamental crops.
By the beginning of summer, they had grown.
Hello! Recently I got cockroaches of this species and faced the task - how to feed them? They don't eat: - carrots - apple - a pear - bread - oatmeal - cat food I keep it in oak litter on a thermal mat, the humidity is good. What do ...
Hello! Recently I got cockroaches of this species and faced the task - how to feed them? They don't eat: - carrots - apple - a pear - bread - ...
(photo taken from the Internet)Hello!Recently I got cockroaches of this type and faced the task-what to feed?What I don't put down don't eat:- carrot-apple-pear-bread-oatmeal-cat foodI keep it in oak litter on a thermal mat, the humidity is ...
(photo taken from the Internet)Hello!Recently I got cockroaches of this type and faced the task-what to feed?What I don't put down don't eat:- ...
Good day!I decided to try to breed our local locusts for bird food, caught, I look, there are no wings, I thought young individuals. But at home, I noticed that some of them were crawling and poking their bellies everywhere, trying to burrow. It ...
Good day!I decided to try to breed our local locusts for bird food, caught, I look, there are no wings, I thought young individuals. But at home, I ...
I have a pair of Peruvian stick insects, mated,the female began to grow fat day after day and is now quite fat.I ate well,but today I noticed that she doesn't eat anything and is kind of sluggish,doesn't move around.If you pick it up, it moves its ...
What kind of beetles? In general, beetles often break off a lot in old age, but this does not prevent them from reproducing until their "last ...
Caught a caterpillar at the last stage of development on 18.07.2020. Burrowed into the ground. I wove a cocoon, then dropped it, then dropped another one. Now I've wove ANOTHER cocoon, but it doesn't itch to pupate. What to do? What's going on with ...
Can I put it in the refrigerator?
Today, walking through the forest, I found, in my opinion, not quite an ordinary find for October-the nymph Palomena prasina at a not very early, but not at a late stage of development. I have heard that by autumn adult bedbugs of this species ...
I'm trying to raise two acanthosomatid nymphs (I don't know the species), but I ran into this problem: they don't eat anything at all. I put them ...
There was a need to start a culture of this firefly for fodder purposes. I used to breed them myself in stickworm scraps and excrement, so I thought it would be easy. I put some dried oak and raspberry leaves in a bucket, started up some butterflies ...
There was a need to start a culture of this firefly for fodder purposes. I used to breed them myself in stickworm scraps and excrement, so I thought ...
Please tell me, how much food is needed on average for one stick insect per day? I need to know in order to calculate how much food to prepare for the winter. And please write what you can feed leafhoppers in winter?This post was edited by ...
Good question! The answer depends on the type and age. Besides, I didn't take any measurements, I can only estimate by eye. But in general, the ...
The caterpillar of the scented willow treetop species (Latin: cossus cossus) has lost the stickiness of its legs, is weak, and can barely crawl. The body became very soft. What happens to the caterpillar? How can I help her?
Wow, you guessed it! With your consistent approach, everyone will die. That's how you managed to create a puddle at all?. Had the stern willow barrel ...
Good day to all.I plan to open a farm for breeding babohekas. That is, the entire tsykl. From egg to adult. Tell me where to start. How dolzna vygledit the farm itself, what should be the insectarium. What is the size of the room? what it feeds the ...
Well, I told you as much as I could, based on the experience of the peacock's eyeThis post was edited by Insect88888888 - 07/08/2020 23: 49
The caterpillar ran away from the food plant, hid and ate a newspaper; lost the tenacity of its legs; practically does not eat, and if it does, then at most it will eat some nano-fraction of the leaf.What's up with my caterpillar scoops? Can I help ...
Overturned a bottle with a feed plant.
We started a farm in October. In December, the queen died, and all the remaining eggs became ants. One made a large ant. At the end of April, 5 new eggs appeared on the farm. Now there are 3 of them left, they are large and none of them appear. ...
So it's just a working major. Batka won't help.Eggs could have been left behind from past times and not be noticed by you. They can also be laid by ...