Ornithoptera priamus

Juraj

Hello, has anybody experiences with pairing of priamuses?
How old must be male for succesfull pairing?
Thanks for answers

jkasi

Hello Juraj,

you must use handpairing. Very easy.

Rergard jayant

PS: The male claspers must open then put the female against the male claspers.
I used to do it this way.

regards jay

Juraj

hello Jay!
Thanks for quick answer, Yes, I just hand paired papilio machaon, I have 3 days old female of priamus from You and 2 days old male.
I think that male have to be a more few days older,because his penis is not so hard for good pairing act. With smaller species, for examplementioned machaons is 3 days old male enough, but this bigger papilionidae - ?
What do You think?

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