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Post by mothman27 on May 27, 2016 13:04:17 GMT -8
Does hand pairing sphinx moths work?
I have a male and female D. inscriptum and was hoping to obtain ova from them.
Thanks,
Tim
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Post by leptraps on May 27, 2016 14:44:58 GMT -8
Did you collect the female at a lights? If so, the odds are she is already mated.
I had a female Callosamia angulifera emerge this AM from a cocoon I found in January. I placed her on the screen of my workroom window. I collected 11 very nice looking males wanting to mate with her. I let her mate in a cage on my deck.
Normally, once she mates she Would fly off to lay eggs. I have never reared C. angulifera. I will sleave them on a Tulip tree in my neighbors yard.
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Post by mothman27 on May 27, 2016 17:37:59 GMT -8
Yes it was collected at a light. I put it in a cage with some Virginia creeper. Hopefully I will find eggs tomorrow.
C. angulifera is a nice species. I collected them when I was younger and attempted rearing them. I am not sure why it didn't work.
11 males wow! Good luck raising them.
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Post by mothman27 on May 28, 2016 2:51:19 GMT -8
Success!
I obtained ova.
I have been having a good time blacklighting.
I obtained ova of P. robinae.
I got a nice male Dorcus parallelus.
Many other beetles as well.
Harris's Three Spot moth.
4 E. pulcherrimus (one male three females)
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