October 20, 2019 at 9:52 AM - Posts: Atlas rearing, Title: Butterflies
Hello!
I am a high school student from the US who wants to have success with attacus atlas in captivity.
I have reared them before when I was younger on ligustrum ovalfolium before and that was a disaster (because of my inexperience I crowded all caterpillars in badly ventilated containers). I want to improve this time and hopefully get a few to make cocoons. Are there any hosts that they well on? Will lisgustrum ovalfolium do well for caterpillars (as this is the only privet in my area)? Any other hosts plants like Australian Willow or Olive that may also work?
Also, any tips for keeping caterpillars would be very appreciated!
Thank you all very much for reading!
kind regards,
Jason