The male can mate with several females providing he is not old (unfortunately in my case the males often hatch way too early before the females)
What is the length of time for the dubernardi to mate. I have one female and three males, I left for 12 hours and returned and she is laying ova. Could they have paired while I was gone, or should I try to mate her? Any help would be appreciated, this is my first time with this species.
In my experience, pairing of Actias dubernardi always happen late at night. You should check them early in the morning - you should find the couple still together or separated but still close together. My friend Alan Marson suggests to check them at about 3 AM because pairing could happen and then the male flies away and you won't know it happened till the eggs hatch! It's almost the same with Actias maenas. Still, Actias sinensis behaviour is very different and pairing is very brief; lunas and selenes pairings can be easily checked late next morning.
Hope this helps
Lorenzo
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