Mimas christophi

Heune

Hallo actias -Freunde,

ich hätte einige Fragen an diejenigen, die bereits schon einmal Mimas christophi gezüchtet haben. 1.) Wie und in welchem Substrat verpuppt sich dieser Schwärmer (gleichartig wie bei Mimas tiliae?) ? 2.) Überwintert die Puppe auch ? 3.) Ist eine zweite Generation möglich ? 4.) Läßt sich dieser Schwärmer verhältnismäßig leicht paaren, was sollte man hierbei beachten ? Für jeden sachdienlichen Ratschlag bedanke ich mich recht herzlich.

Viele Grüße

Dieter ("Heune")

Rudi

Hallo Dieter.

1) Ja, wie tiliae
2) Ja, wie tiliae
3) Auch ja.
4) Paarung ist einfach zu erzielen, wie bei tiliae. Aber die Weibchen legen oft, trotz erfolgreicher Kopula, unbefruchtet ab.

Viel Glück mit dem tollen Tier.

Rudi

SANPHILEP

Dear Dieter
I have had some christophi pupae and tried breeding these.
I did not have any problems as regards the pupae storage and I just kept them in moss and sprayed with water every 3 days.
Not all the pupae hatched and this is probably attributed to the hot Maltese climate.
It is good to note but that the moths hatched simultaneously and males before the females. Pairing was easy and immediately the first night the females hatched. Pairings where witnessed and pictures taken.
Eggs where also laid without problems on the netting of the cage.
I was able to trade some of the eggs but all who received the eggs said they had no hatching!!
I have kept a sample of the eggs from two paired witnessed females. A total of 50 eggs where kept in small plastic containers on tissue paper.
The developing larvae could be seen in the eggs after a few days. Some had shrunken without any development.
From the good looking eggs only a few larvae hatched and these died in a few hours. They had started to feed on salix but for some reason died.
I can not explain this and am still worried I did something wrong.
Things I may have done wrong would be as listed:
1:food plant is rare here and was cut from a roadside and washed with tap water that is chlorinated
2:temperature was warm and dry.
3:larvae where kept in small container more than ten in a small box.
4:had no choice of food plant.
I hope that this is beneficial information to you and you will be successful in breeding and rearing this species.
Best regards
Aldo

Heune

Hallo Rudi,

habe leider ich zu spät bemerkt, daß Du bereits vor Jahren in actias Larven von M.C. angeboten und auch hier schon einige Tipps zur Zucht dazu geschrieben hast. Dennoch bin ich recht froh nochmals Deine Zuchterfahrung über diesen Erlenschwärmer erhalten zu haben. Bei mir läuft bis jetzt die Aufzucht der Raupen problemlos an eingetopfter Azalee. Obwohl es nur 13 Raupen sind , haben diese einen solch ordentlichen Appetit entwickelt, daß sie mir die "Azalee vom Kopf" fressen. Wenn das so weitergeht muß ich auch noch meine zweite eingepflanzte Azalee opfern, um deren Hunger zu stillen

Nochmals besten Dank

Dieter

Hello Aldo,

maby you can remember me that I have bought from you 20 eggs of this species about two months ago of which 13 have hatched. They eat and thrive very well on Azalea. My best thanks also to you for your helpful advices. I will heed the beneficial information of you and Rudi and I hope to be successful in breeding and rearing this wonderful species of moth of family Sphingidae.

Thanks again

Dieter

Rudi

Hello Aldo and Dieter.

The problem is the food you use and used.
The best results I had have, were with Alnus incana, not glutinosa or other.

They will feed on Salix too, but not to long. :crying:
Betula and some other plants you can also read about in books for breeding them, but the best is Alnus incana.
I made any breds over some years with many hundreds of caterpillars and imagos.

Good luck.
Rudi

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