Hyalophora cecropia male x Hyalophora gloveri female

    I have 1 Hyalophora gloveri female out, and 2 cecropia males.

    I would like to try and breed them to create a hybrid. Last night I set them in a cage outside, and they did not pair naturally. How should I go about pairing them?

    The female hatched yesterday, and the males 2 days ago (they have been in the fridge though), so I don't have very long to do this.

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    Hallo Jacob,

    Versuche doch mal eine Handpaarung wie man es bei z.B. Attacus Arten und co. auch macht. Weißt du wie das geht? Wenn nicht, suche mal auf Actias. Ich suche mal aus YouTube einen Link, ich schicke ihn dann nochmal hier rein. Der link ist zu Handpaarung von Attacus Atlas, sollte aber bei deiner Art Genua so gut gehen. Wenn du nicht genau weißt wie du es machen musst, dann ist der Weg über Actias zu schauen besser.

    Ich hoffe ich konnte ein bisschen helfen:)

    Liebe Grüße

    Emil

    Hi Jacob,

    Here is the Video from YouTube:

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    Emil

    Hello Jacob,

    Try pairing your hands like you would with Attacus species etc. also does. Do you know how that works? If not, search on Actias. I'll look for a link from YouTube and then send it back here. The link is to the hand pairing of Attacus Atlas, but it should work just as well with your type of Genoa. If you don't know exactly how to do it, then it's better to look at Actias.

    I hope I could help a little :smiling_face:

    Best regards

    Emil

    Ok this makes sense.

    What time at night is best to handpair them? I tried early this morning because the female was calling, but it proved ineffective, as the males did not open their claspers at all. It was already somewhat light outside.

    Ich habe keine Ahnung, meistens wenn die Männchen nach Weibchen suchen haben die Weibchen auch Paarungslust, da die Weibchen ja die Männchen dazu stimmen. Im Normalfall müsste es aber Abends ganz gut klappen.

    Liebe Grüße

    Emil

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