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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2014 9:42:41 GMT -8
Hello everyone, I have some overwintering pupae P. Glaucus and i would like to breed with them next spring but i have some questions and i hope you can help me out  What is the best foodplant for the larvae? I am from Belgium so i can not use the Liriodendron as foodplant. Is handparing a option? |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 26, 2014 12:38:42 GMT -8
You should use Prunus for Papilio glaucus, and yes they can be hand paired.
Adam.
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Post by timmsyrj on Oct 26, 2014 12:52:50 GMT -8
I reared some from ova a few years ago on Ash tree, fraxinus sp. growing at the bottom of my garden, I had 8 adults emerge from the dozen ova I bought at a show.
I was looking at try multicaudatus as pupae where available here in the UK earlier this year, they supposedly also take ash tree.
Rich
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Post by bobw on Oct 26, 2014 14:17:56 GMT -8
Many years ago I kept a colony of P. glaucus going here in southern England for more than 5 years. They are easy to hand-pair if you feed the males well and get them warm enough. I had two generations a year and fed them on Fraxinus. I started the larvae in plastic boxes and sleeved them outside from 3rd instar.
Bob
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2014 21:01:00 GMT -8
Thanks for the help and info |
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Post by exoticimports on Oct 27, 2014 5:07:11 GMT -8
Amazing how location is everything. Where I live we'd not bother to breed glaucus! I understand that North American sunfishes are also very popular in the European aquarium hobby, which is ironic since I can catch a thousand on a good day. Of course, O. urvilleanus is common as dirt in Solomons too.
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