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Flutter Flutter

Isaac — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 16:44:11 +0000

Tow months ago we got some Indian Luna Moths! We got them as small caterpillars and kept them in a plastic container. In their life cycle they start off red but then shed their skin and become green. These are called Instars (stages not indoor stars!). The caterpillars eat hawthorn daily (and a lot of it) they grow to about the size of a sausage! After munching leaves for around 6 weeks then the caterpillar spins a cocoon and pupates for 2-3 weeks. Then they cut through the top of their cocoon and come out as a MOTH! First, in their life as a moth they hang up side down and pump their wings. Unfortunately when they turn into a moth they don’t have a mouth so they only live for about 10 days after that!

We also got some small tortioseshell butterflies.

Photo Gallery

Isaac — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:01:03 +0000

We have installled a photo gallery. If you want to add some photos of your finds, and you don’t already have a place to put your photos on-line, you can upload photos to our gallery. *Read this first*. We’ll need to set you up an account, then you can log-in, create a new album for yourself, and upload your photos.

If you can re-size your photos before uploading [800px wide will be good] then we shouldn’t have any problems with filling up our server space!

email marcus@spottersclub.co.uk to request an account for the gallery, or if you need any help with posting pics from your own sources.

Then you can post your photos into the site like this:

This is a butterfly we released into our garden after watching him grow from an egg.