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14-08-2010, 09:17 PM
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| | | raising moths for eventual mounting
as you may well know i like mounting things but do not want to kill anything!
so i want to raise my own moths and let them die of natural causes and then mount them 
could anybody help me out and make a list of how long uk moth species live?
just add any moth species and how long they live so i can have an idea of how long i need to keep them and feed them for 
also do any of you have dealings with LBA or WWB which do you prefare?
thank you in advance! |
14-08-2010, 10:54 PM
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| | | Re: raising moths for eventual mounting
Err, just exactly how do you plan to keep your pre-dead-and-mounted moths? |
14-08-2010, 11:09 PM
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| | | Re: raising moths for eventual mounting
you mean where am i raising the moths?
i have set up some large net flexariums for them to do their thing in |
14-08-2010, 11:32 PM
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| | | Re: raising moths for eventual mounting
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Originally Posted by whaleomeloette  as you may well know i like mounting things but do not want to kill anything!
so i want to raise my own moths and let them die of natural causes and then mount them
could anybody help me out and make a list of how long uk moth species live?
just add any moth species and how long they live so i can have an idea of how long i need to keep them and feed them for
also do any of you have dealings with LBA or WWB which do you prefare?
thank you in advance! | many moths - including some hawkmoths - do not have mouth parts in the imago stage . . . . . so you would rather starve them to death than kill them humanely?
Chris
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14-08-2010, 11:44 PM
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| | | Re: raising moths for eventual mounting
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Originally Posted by Chris Yeates many moths - including some hawkmoths - do not have mouth parts in the imago stage . . . . . so you would rather starve them to death than kill them humanely?
Chris |  how do... whaat?
so if they have no mouth parts they must starve to death in the wild also? im very confused?
i know atlas moths are like this |
15-08-2010, 09:50 AM
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| | | Re: raising moths for eventual mounting
That's just.... wrong. IMO. |
15-08-2010, 01:20 PM
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| | | Re: raising moths for eventual mounting
but other people keep moths as pets?
i dont see the difference, only im mounting them afterwards instead of binning them? |
15-08-2010, 01:33 PM
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| | | Re: raising moths for eventual mounting
One difference could be that people who 'keep moths as pets' enjoy their beauty when they are alive.
Your intent is to display them for your own pleasure when dead. |
15-08-2010, 01:36 PM
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| | | Re: raising moths for eventual mounting
well no... i want to 'study' them when they are alive and mount them as well afterwards. i mean. really  so its ok to keep moths if you want to keep them then bin them when they are dead, but its suddenly wrond if you preserve them and give them to the museum
how is wanting to study dead moths iv raised my self any different than studying a moth iv killed in the wild?
i think its better for the moth
how am i supposed to learn if i cant study them?!?!
honestly, this website has double standards (not you jennys) i think ill just give up
Last edited by whaleomeloette; 15-08-2010 at 01:48 PM.
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15-08-2010, 02:12 PM
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| | | Re: raising moths for eventual mounting
Afternoon Alexander,
Try this site for looking after adults: Lepidoptera Breeders Association - Supporting Moth and Butterfly captive breeding programmes
I think what people are wondering is which you're doing it for - primarily to study them, and then utilise it afterwards or to take it captive and mount it afterwards. Despite your initial post I think your circumstance and intention is the former
You may be interested in joining/speaking to the Amateur Entomologist's Society, see if they can give you any assistance with this/other.
Take care, Jason  | | | |
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