Posts by pavol

pavol · Saturnia spini mating pavol April 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM

It appears I was lucky, but just a bit..

Pavol

pavol · Saturnia spini mating pavol April 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM

This species is a true natural specialist.

I’m trying different things, although probably I won’t succeed..

Pavol

pavol · Saturnia spini mating pavol April 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM

Hi,

Apparently mating is not the only challenge. To get the female to lay eggs isn’t less challenging than the previous step, haha.

pavol · Saturnia spini mating pavol March 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM

Hi,

did somebody have success with Saturnia spini copula recently?
Was it an "accident" or certain set of deliberately invoked conditions? I know this was discussed several times already, maybe something new was learnt..

Male activity seems to have some constrains..

Thanks,
pavol

pavol · Lasiocampa trifolii? pavol December 15, 2024 at 7:32 PM

Thanks for the confirmation, I wasn’t 100% sure..

pavol · Lasiocampa trifolii? pavol December 15, 2024 at 3:55 PM

Hello Manfred,

took me some time to mount/take of the board the resulting specimen.

Isn't this L.trifolii?

Thanks,
pavol

pavol · Ocnogyna loewi? pavol October 13, 2024 at 3:33 PM

Were they willing to mate in the warm weather?

pavol · Ocnogyna loewi? pavol October 13, 2024 at 1:05 PM

Hi, this is the adult from the larva..

pavol · Lasiocampa trifolii? pavol June 10, 2024 at 2:08 PM

Hello gents,

larva grew a bit, I can take new shot if it would help..

pavol · Lasiocampa trifolii? pavol June 4, 2024 at 11:51 AM

Thank you

pavol · Lasiocampa trifolii? pavol June 4, 2024 at 9:51 AM

Hi folks,

can you please help me identify this beast? Is it trifolii?

Locality data: Armenia, Dilijan, 1800m

Thank you!

pavol · Ocnogyna loewi? pavol May 23, 2024 at 6:51 PM

Thank you

pavol · Ocnogyna loewi? pavol May 23, 2024 at 5:38 PM

Hello,

Can you please help me identify this species?

Armenia, Hrazdan, 1700m asl

Thank you,

Pavol

pavol · Malacosoma castrense? pavol May 19, 2024 at 8:20 PM

These beasts are everywhere. I’ll post pictures later, when (if) they develop into adults..

pavol · Malacosoma castrense? pavol May 19, 2024 at 7:01 AM

This species is literally everywhere, I found them even at 2400m.

I think I’ll take some home with me and post here the results..

Thank you all

pavol · Malacosoma castrense? pavol May 18, 2024 at 9:15 PM

Hello,

Can you please help me identify this species?

Armenia, Vayots-Dzor, 1500-1900m asl

Thank you,

Pavol

pavol · Eriogaster? pavol May 18, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Hello Manfred,

Aha, thanks for the quick determination!

Best,

Pavol

pavol · Eriogaster? pavol May 18, 2024 at 6:48 PM

Hello,

Can you please help me identify this species?

Armenia, Vayots-Dzor, 2000m asl

Rosa canina

Thanks a lot

pavol · Spring in central Europe pavol April 12, 2023 at 1:00 PM

Hi All,

spring in Central Europe seems to be maybe not colder in regards to average temperatures, but to me it still feels as if some species were a bit delayed. Is that so? What is your opinion?

Thanks for your thoughts,

pavol

pavol · Megasoma mars gesucht pavol August 25, 2022 at 10:08 AM

Hi Robert,

I will be having adults next year. I suggest you try https://kaeferforum.com/

Best, pavol