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.

Quote from Emil K.

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

Best regards

Emil

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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.