Zucht Samia cynthia

I never heard something about breeding Samia cynthia on Vinca species, but you can breed them very well on ligustrum.

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Hi LubosV!
Since 2 weeks a feed Bunaea alcinoe on Ligustrum. With us, it is very cold, too. The leaves are a little bit soft, but it works very well.
Greetings, Hans

I don't have any experience with breeding Samia cynthia on Eucalyptus gunnii, but it seems to be that that's also possible...

Hello Lubos,

two years ago i breed them on Prunus laurocerasus. Its green whole winter long. Hope you find some.

Regards and have a nice new Year.
Andreas

Zitat von wessels-motten

I don't have any experience with breeding Samia cynthia on Eucalyptus gunnii, but it seems to be that that's also possible...

Hi,

I think Eucalyptus gunnii could be tried but of course it shouldn't be used to feed species like Samia cynthia if you have Prunus laurocerasus or Ligustrum available.

Zitat von andreas 1957

two years ago i breed them on Prunus laurocerasus. Its green whole winter long. Hope you find some.

However, I had some problems last years with Prunus laurocerasus and Samia ricini, so I had to switch to Ligustrum. I don't know what was happened, but I only saw the larvae dieing with apparently no reason. Click here to see an old thread opened by me last year on this argument.

Zitat von fossilien51

Since 2 weeks a feed Bunaea alcinoe on Ligustrum. With us, it is very cold, too. The leaves are a little bit soft, but it works very well.

Yes, I'm breeding this species too with Ligustrum and they're growing fast and well.
Of course I think Ligustrum is the best foodplant for Samia cynthia.

I breed my Samia cynthia on ligustrum without any problem. In L4 I put in some Prunus laurocerasus (easier to obtain for me), and some of the larvae started to die. I left the Prunus out then, and fed them on Ligustrum exclusively again, and no more larvae died...

Grtz

Zitat von Kumo

Quoted from "wessels-motten" I don't have any experience with breeding Samia cynthia on Eucalyptus gunnii, but it seems to be that that's also possible...

Zitat von Kumo

Hi,
I think Eucalyptus gunnii could be tried but of course it shouldn't be used to feed species like Samia cynthia if you have Prunus laurocerasus or Ligustrum available.

I think so or it's just somebody who's trying to find out which species you can feed Samia cynthia and LubosV doesn't have any other species available so he just can try it, can't he?

Greetings wessel herrewijnen

Yes he can of course