Duration of a mating, is it really important?

Hi Klaas.

Is Actias isabellae the same specis as Saturnia pavonia, or why you pass mating-details of pavonia to an completely other specis?

I must say that I don´t know it really if it is important for these two specis above, how long the mating is. But I had short isabellae-matings and the resulting eggs were not so good fertilized, like the others which were undisturbed.
And at many Sphingidae-specis it is very important, that the mating will be during the hole day and at other specis there are 1-3 hours enough.
So I think it´s very important for a moth-breeder that he accept that the differnt specis have different demands.

By.
Rudi

Hi Klaas.

You´re right with saying in some specis of Saturniidae or other families the mating is very short or there is no need for a long mating to get fertil eggs.
But, it´s my own experience, that it is false to suggest prompt from one specis to another, particular when it is an other genus. That´s my opinion to clear this, because many other in mothbreeding unwersed persons maybe read your information and will make a false conclusion.

That´s all.

By
Rudi