Breeding Vanessa species during winter

Hello everyone,

I am wondering if anyone has experience breeding Vanessa species (Red admiral or Painted lady) during winter months when food source is not available. I was planning to try to breed them continously during the winter months, if this is at all possible. Has anyone tried doing this before? Perhaps using artificial diets or other solutions, I would love to hear some of your experiences.

Kind regards
Peik from Norway

Thanks a lot! Do you know anything about how hard it is to achieve copulations in captivity? Since my understanding is that it is most common to get wild females that are already fertile.

Thanks a lot for this info!