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Oak Eggar advice please. (1 Viewer)

harry eales said:
By the way mines a double whiskey.

Harry
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Hi Harry, you'll have to make do with some cyber alcohol I'm afraid

B :)B :)B :)B :)B :)B :)B :)

As much as I found the whole episode enlightening I think I'll give it a while before I try something like that again - I can't do with all that responsibility:t:
 
charly streets said:
TADAAAAAA!!! IT'S A BOY!!!

More than 19 months after first finding the small larva on local moorland on a cold and breezy October morning in 2009 I've somehow managed to look after it all this while and produce this magnificent male moth. It's been a (very) long task which has been made much easier with the help of Harry so many thanks to him.

Far too wet and windy these next couple of days for an outside shot but I'm more than happy to settle for this indoor one of moth and cocoon.

Great stuff!
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Brilliant work from a proud parent and a knowledgeable grandparent. 19 months - incredible!

robhope

Egrets. I've had a few
 
Thank you

charly streets said:
TADAAAAAA!!! IT'S A BOY!!!

More than 19 months after first finding the small larva on local moorland on a cold and breezy October morning in 2009 I've somehow managed to look after it all this while and produce this magnificent male moth. It's been a (very) long task which has been made much easier with the help of Harry so many thanks to him.

Far too wet and windy these next couple of days for an outside shot but I'm more than happy to settle for this indoor one of moth and cocoon.

Great stuff!
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I just wanted to say thank you to the people in this thread. The thread has been very helpful with my current Oak Eggar caterpillar adventures. Thanks to Charlie for his advice. The caterpillar was 'rescued' from my lawn and put in a jar. It spun it's cocoon 24 hours later and is now in an emergence cage. It's all gone very fast. Here are a couple of photos.
 

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A female Oak Eggar moth emerged this morning. She slept all day on the garden table. As the sun started to go down a male Oak Eggar appeared and encouraged her to dance for a few minutes. They then flew into a tree and sat next to each other.
 

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