Hyalophora euryalus

Hello,

I would kike to introduce myself first.
I'm Peter 24 jears old.And i live in the netherlands.
I'm on this forum for al wile, but i'm pretty new in this hobby.

I have to write in englisch, because my german is very very bad.

I would like to buy some eggs of the Hyalophora euryalus some times.
But i have no idea what i can feed the caterpillar.
I know the natural hostplants but i dont think we have some here.

do's anybody has experience breeding this beautiful moth in europe?

I like to hear from you guys!

Thank you!

Best regards

Peter

Zitat

Papa Papillon schrieb:
I have bread this butterfly several times - mostly from eggs from Canada.

Females glue eggs singly or in clumps on leaves of the host plant.
The eggs hatch in 9-14 days and the caterpillars eat leaves.
The cocoon is spun in the outer part of the host plant and is attached to a twig by only one-half its length.

Caterpillar hosts: A wide range of plants including buckbrush (Ceanothus), manzanita (Arctostaphylos), gooseberry (Ribes), madrone (Arbutus menziesii), willows (Salix), alder (Alnus), and mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus betuloides).

No problem with temperature.

Thanks for your information!

Salix, Alnus is not hard to find here

I also have Ribes in the garden. I think it's Ribes rubrum.
Is that the Ribes you ment ?

And are the eggs hard to get ?
With the search button i did not find many.

Thanks

Best Regards,

Peter