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Growing your own butterflies
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:11 pm
by Martin
Has anyone here any experience of buying exotic pupae and hatching them out? I was thinking about turning a greenhouse into a mini butterfly farm.
Martin.
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:22 pm
by Pete Eeles
I've bred quite a few species in my time. And you might want to look at these threads where I've shared my thoughts:
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB2/v ... c.php?t=43
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB2/v ... .php?t=108
The big issue, of course, is what to do with any offspring.
Cheers,
- Pete
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:13 pm
by Martin
Thanks Pete.
To be honest, I hadn't really contemplated native species...far better to see them in the wild. I was thinking exotics, for photographing, I can't be flying to Thailand, South America or Africa every 5 minutes.
Martin.