Beiträge von Ariya

Thanks for your advice!🙏

Zitat von Fede

The food was always from the same area?

I had this disgusting experience once and the origin seemed to be that the pinetrees, were treated with diflubenzuron (or a similar product) that interferes with the formation of chitin.

Thanks, that may be the reson. Both the times I tried to rear the caterpillars, I took the pine tree form a brunch near some vines. Maybe the vines are trated with this substance. Next time I’ll try with a different tree.

Hello!!

I need some help and advices about my actias dubernardi cocoons.

This is the second time I try to rear the caterpillars of A. Dubernardi and as the first time, everything has gone well until they reached the cocoon stage. When the caterpillars tried to cocoon they failed. Some pupated half the way ,some didn’t even try. The few that reached a complete pupa seem to be deformed. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong… I keept them in a spacius box in clean conditions with pretty high humidity.

Please give me some advice for the next time I try to rear them… thanks

Thanks a lot

Zitat von schnin_tonic

Hello Ari,

Dubernardis are not difficult to rear.

Feed them on Pinus or Abies and keep a high humidity at room temperature.

I hatch them in a small plastic container until L3 and spray them daily with water.

At L3 switch them to a bigger container and feed them on watered Pinus/Abies.

Clean the containers daily to avoid mold because of the high humidity.

Have fun hatching these beautiful caterpillars

Jeannine

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If I keep them in a petridish at 16/19 celsius it’s too cold?

Hello everyone,

I just recived a dozen of eggs of actias dubernadi and I’m waiting for them to hatch but I’m not sure how to rear them right.

I’ve never reared a species that it’s considered complicated to rear so I’m afraid I’ll fail. If you could give me some advices about how to keep them properly you would save me. Thanks.

Ari