smerenthius oceletta female

    :falter: Hello, i will have some eggs of s. oceletta soon, in the next generetion i want to try to attract wild males.

    Just for fun, andgetting healthy breed, and i will put some caterpillars back into the wild.

    Now i want to know all trics to do this,

    I've heard that settings them on a tree at 1,5m height is good enought, and just look the next day.

    Doesn't she fly away?


    Next, Near my garden is only houses, with some willows, not much, but 2km from my garden is a Area with thousands of willows, is it possible for the males there to find the female in my garden? And , i'm definately sure that they live here, 2 years ago i found a pupating caterpillar, the moth was released in my garden.


    So, what do i have to do?

    Put here in a cage, and look for males around the cage next day?

    Put her on a tree, and see if there is a male mating with her?

    In my garden, or near the willows?


    Thanks yet

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    If you have a small cage you can put you female into it, hang it opened on a tree. Males are not so easy to observe and catch, as Lukasz said, they fly really late. Ocellatus female is not likely to go away; When you put the cage out about 8-9 pm, just keep on checking it till 10 pm. Then you can be almost sure she will not escape. Here I attach a picture of my this year ocellatus, I had one female and I used this method, I think it will work because fresh gravid females of Sphingidae usually don't want to escape the same day they emerged, they rather climb up to the higher point to attract males with better results.

    My small cage is a cube 12x12x12cm with 1 side as a 'door', I leave it opened. My method is risky a little - you can tie up your female with a longer string to the cage or branch, but this usually results in damaged moth...
    When I left my only female I had this year in cage for night I was so anxious that I checked her as soon as I woke up, at 5am :grinning_squinting_face:

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