Hatching - P. caecigena

Hi everybody,

When did hatch your last caecigena adults? My first two caecigena males have hatched ca. three and four days ago. And I'm waiting for the other adults.. I have still 6 cocoons or pupae, more correctly, because I remove the cooons, because the first one couldn't break off its cocoon. How long can the hatching of P. caecigena drag?

Best wishes,
Kornél

Hallo Klaus-Bernhard,

Huhh, 85 are not sponge-cake... (used a Hungarian expression) Our weather was warm enough in September, additionally my cocoons were stored until August in my room, and this fact could disturb them. Then the weather - in these days - was suddenly too cold, and now is a little bit higher temperature again. Perhaps therefore the third (it's also male) hatched from my beginning 8 coccons today evening. I hope the rest will hatch soon.. Not a female has hatched until present, so I think they are coming soon.

Brunschi - big thx for the material also in this way I could have had more cocoons - I think - some things were disordered by me, for example the first little caterpillars couldn't still obtain fresh oak-leaves, because they weren't yet (I didn't put the eggs in +4°C at the end of winter) So, I lost immediately three larvae, right the firsts. Then I suffered with the followings with giving of Salix capraea- and subsequently Quercus-buds, when at last the oaktrees have put out leaves on the southsides.
Thank you for the answer!
Best wishes,
Kornél