Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 7:51 pm
Well, for me, where I live its private land the places where the butterflies are found here are usually safe from anything. I do my best to protect areas. There is so far:
Speckled Wood
Small Tortoiseshell
Meadow Brown
Ringlet
Holly Blue
Common Blue
Orange Tip
Narrow Boarded Bee Hawk Moths
Hummingbird Hawk Moths
Elephant Hawk Moths
Cinnabar moths
White and Buff Ermine
Small and Large Whites
Green Veined Whites
Small Copper
Peacock
Red Admirals
Painted Lady
Clouded Yellow (When they migrate)
Six Spot Burnet
Piles more moths and I think that includes all butterflies here. Could also be Wall too, but I am not sure.
I don't take caterpillars from wild, unless only a few Peacocks or small tortoiseshell as there are so many around, or ones that are at risk. I saved 80+ White Ermine from a glasshouse that was being tore down, and they sucessfully became adults and I now see them in my garden, not far from where they were found.
There used to be a forest of all Elm trees here too, but after they got desiesed, they all went. Was not that good.
When I breed things, I stick to law and don't release non native species to wild or get stock from anywhere unknown. I use WWB and only got Large Copper and Elephant Hawk Moths from there in past.
I am not sure about them selling Marsh Fritillary, you don't know where they came from. They have Scottish and Irish ones now and a few other UK species.
I was chatting with Trevor Boyd from BC N.I. and he said that he did not really care about releasing species to wild, but he does not do it. He said, if I do release things like Clouded Yellow or Monarchs, just to let them know, not to screw up recordings.
Speckled Wood
Small Tortoiseshell
Meadow Brown
Ringlet
Holly Blue
Common Blue
Orange Tip
Narrow Boarded Bee Hawk Moths
Hummingbird Hawk Moths
Elephant Hawk Moths
Cinnabar moths
White and Buff Ermine
Small and Large Whites
Green Veined Whites
Small Copper
Peacock
Red Admirals
Painted Lady
Clouded Yellow (When they migrate)
Six Spot Burnet
Piles more moths and I think that includes all butterflies here. Could also be Wall too, but I am not sure.
I don't take caterpillars from wild, unless only a few Peacocks or small tortoiseshell as there are so many around, or ones that are at risk. I saved 80+ White Ermine from a glasshouse that was being tore down, and they sucessfully became adults and I now see them in my garden, not far from where they were found.
There used to be a forest of all Elm trees here too, but after they got desiesed, they all went. Was not that good.
When I breed things, I stick to law and don't release non native species to wild or get stock from anywhere unknown. I use WWB and only got Large Copper and Elephant Hawk Moths from there in past.
I am not sure about them selling Marsh Fritillary, you don't know where they came from. They have Scottish and Irish ones now and a few other UK species.
I was chatting with Trevor Boyd from BC N.I. and he said that he did not really care about releasing species to wild, but he does not do it. He said, if I do release things like Clouded Yellow or Monarchs, just to let them know, not to screw up recordings.