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Can anyone ID these cats please?

Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 7:09 am
by traplican
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Fig. 1 - On the mullein leaf at the sunny forest road border on May 15th 2009

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Fig. 2 - in the fallen foliage at the sunny forest margin very near the meadow on July 12th 2009

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Fig. 3 - On the Meadow Geranium leaves on September 2nd 2009

All in SE of the Czech Republic

Re: Can anyone ID these cats please?

Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 7:41 am
by Mikhail
Hi Traplican.

I'M not sure about your first larva. It's certainly a noctuid, but there are many with similar larvae, and it may not be a British species. The second is a Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar). The third is a sawfly larva (Hymenoptera).

Misha

Re: Can anyone ID these cats please?

Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:59 am
by traplican
Thank you, Mikhail. :)

Re: Can anyone ID these cats please?

Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:55 am
by traplican
On Fig. 3 is probably Empria sp.

My shots are here: Shot #1, Shot #2, Shot #3, Shot #4, Shot #5, Shot #6, Shot #7.

a here are similar larvae of Empria sp. on http://lepo.it.da.ut.ee/~mprous/Zoa/allantinae.htm:
Empria alector, Empria longicornis, Empria basalis.