Hi Kevink !
I guess that your eclosions in Feb. Mar. were indoors?
I just checked https://www.wunderground.com history for Florence OR in spring : it is still quite cold outside ! (12AM 2°C , 12PM 10°C).
Do you already have wild adult moths flying at these dates ?
Hi Kevink!
Thank you very much for your input!
Indeed walterorum is from S California where it can reach some elevation and can even withstand occasional frost. Actually, I try to give my pupae rather mediterranean temperatures: only very occasionnaly -1°C to -2°C. Otherwise, when it gets colder outside, I bring them to an indoors shelter with 6°C to 8°C max. All of them seem to be well alive, weight is stable...
I am more worry about hygrometry, because it is rather wet here, much wetter than Oregon! I try to keep them dryer than our local Saturnia. No fungi so far...
I am mostly wondering whether it is temperature, or day-lenght that has the greater influence on triggering emergence in this species... Any idea?
cheers!
phil
Hallo zusammen!
Im Rahmen eines sehr klassischen Hybridisierungsplans mit Kokons, die draußen bei gleicher Temperatur gehalten werden, möchte ich Sie bitten, nach Frühreife des Schlüpfens zu klassifizieren
- Eudia Pavonia
- Eudia spini
- Saturnia walterorum
- Saturnia pyri
Welche soll ich nach den Januarfrösten vorziehen und um wie viele Wochen?
Vielen Dank für Ihre Aufklärung!
phil
Hello everyone!
As part of a very classic hybridization plan with cocoons kept outdoors at the same temperature, I would like to ask you to classify by precocity of hatching
- Eudia pavonia
- Eudia spini
- Saturnia walterorum
- Saturnia pyri
After the January frosts, which ones should I advance, and by how many weeks?
Thanks for your insights!
phil
