Feuchtigkeit Frage

Hallo!

Ich habe derzeit Antherina Suraka L1.

Der Verkäufer erzählt mir, dass er das Küchenpapier befeuchtet und die Blätter leicht besprüht.

Viele andere Quellen behaupten, dass sie trocken gehalten werden sollten, nur Blätter.

Ich habe auch Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) Krucki-Eier bestellt.

Der Verkäufer rät mir, die Blätter anzufeuchten und den Raupen etwas zu trinken zu geben. Andere Quellen empfehlen jedoch, sie trocken zu halten.

Hier ist meine Box für die L1s. Der Deckel wurde ausgeschnitten und ich habe ein Stück Baumwolltuch zwischen Deckel und Box geklemmt. Es entsteht daher keine Kondensation.

(Ich habe gelesen, dass die Belüftung für diese Arten wichtig ist.)

Muss ich das Küchenpapier oder die Blätter oder gar die Raupen anfeuchten?

Danke im Voraus !

Stephan

EDIT : Alles ist Raumtemperatur: 22°C Tagsüber, 18-19°C Nachts

Vielen Dank Anna und Wolfgang!

Es ist so seltsam, das sagen andere (sorry, alles in English):

• Nudaurelia krucki has one of the prettiest caterpillars of all African silkmoths. It is also a very easy species that can be kept in relatively small boxes for the size of the caterpillars. These animals like company. Keep them in larger numbers together even in the last instar. As long as they are kept warm and dry they have a very low mortality rate. This species can be fed with many different types of plants. For me the most convenient plant is Prunus serotina. Leaves keep fresh very long and I always feel great after cutting down some of this noxious weed. Switching them from serotina to Prunus laurocerasus goes without problem later in the season when the serotina drops its leaves. Caterpillars take about six weeks before they go underground to pupate.
• A. suraka larvae can be reared in plastic containers up until the third instar (if not too humid) and should then be moved to a cage or appropriate sleeve to rear them in; ventilation is an important factor in preventing them from getting infected.
• Never spray suraka, absolutely no need and I've never heard about spraying them before. It is said they need a little humidity but that's something I've never offered and never had any problems.
• Spraying can cause disease but a very very fine mist in a WELL VENTILATED enclosure won't cause any problems (at least not with these two, obviously water can be deadly to some) . but would be a different matter in closed boxes and can often kill.
• I've never misted mine (raised many hundreds of suraka,different generations, this year I've raised about 120) and krucki I've done around maybe 70 or so at different times.
• if you spray caterpillars they will die (most of them)

LG

Stephan

Vielen Dank, Motte!

LG

Stephan