Posts by phasmwave

Thank you for your answer, Radoslav, that is also what I suspected.

Grtz, Dries

Hello breeders,

In my butterfly cage this moth died last week. When I had put it into the cage from the eclosion cage I had not noticed the difference in the wings. The left wing is much smaller than the right. Couls this be a gynandromorph, or is it just an abnormality considering the wings?

Friendly greetings, Dries

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Hello fellow breeders!

I noticed something remarcable this weekend. Last thursday night a male and female of Antheraea pernyi hatched. However, the male fell from his cocoon, so his wings were crippled and he could not fly.

So I decided to try a handpairing on Friday evening. After a few minutes I managed to copulate them and left them in the cage. Next morning they were still mating. In the evening female and male were separated, but I forgot to remove the male from the cage. Big was my surprise when I saw them mating again this morning, so the male did manage it with the cripple wings after all.

Now my question: Is it normal that same male and female have multiple parings, or does it mean that the first pairing was not successfull? Or do they just enjoy it that much?

Friendly greetings, Dries

You culd try Prunus laurocerasus (haven't tried that yet) or Crataegus sp. The last one should start growing leaves again very soon, unlike Quercus sp overhere

They accept Eucalyptus gunnii

I have had this with a Attacus atlas female as well, last year...

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At first they just wander around, but eventually they will eat it

I had a lonely female who lived for 18 days. A few days later 1 couple hatched, the male lived for 5 days, the female 7...

Grtz

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I think it has been a case, but if you have higher temperatures, they will emerge faster in greater number.

I agree, but just like wessels I kept my cocoons at 18-22°C and first a female appeared, and 2 weeks later 1 couple hatched the very same day (I know, I got lucky :)), but the moths weren't hatching all at the same time. Now the larvae are emerging in great numbers

Grtz

I breed my Samia cynthia on ligustrum without any problem. In L4 I put in some Prunus laurocerasus (easier to obtain for me), and some of the larvae started to die. I left the Prunus out then, and fed them on Ligustrum exclusively again, and no more larvae died...

Grtz