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Sphinx ligustri pupa

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Boris Lariushin, 24.02.2013 16:01

Hello everybody!

So I am a photographer and post photos on this website. I've got Sphinx ligustri pupa for already second winter. The pupa is alive. I took it with my hand and put it to the light to make a shot and it started budging, made me quite scared. :)

I'd like to ask some expert opinion, are there some raising rules? What should I do to have it finally emerged? Are there some essentials to start the transformation? Is there any chance to see the moth?

It's now placed inside a large glass jar, semi-shadowed, on the wood closet shelf. Should it be set out into the light close to spring?

The pupa photo: http://lepidoptera.pro/gallery/2033.

Regards,
Boris Laryushin
http://lepidoptera.pro/gallery?people=264&perpage=100

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25.02.2013 12:12, Vasiliy Feoktistov

Molbiol subj advised to read: http://molbiol.ru/forums/index.php?showtopic=90944. Asking there might help as well.

25.02.2013 13:45, Boris Lariushin

Thanks for the good advise, registered, done.

25.02.2013 13:54, Peter Khramov

Meh, Vasily... Instead you share your skills right here, you just refer people to other websites... Might it be me, I have no such skills, but you should've put it all out here!

25.02.2013 14:02, Vasiliy Feoktistov

No skills as for Sphinx ligustri :) Also I never saw hawk moths to be late.

25.02.2013 15:07, Peter Khramov

"To be late" meant emersion?

25.02.2013 15:47, Vasiliy Feoktistov

Yeah..... They all appeared in time or even earlier. Didn't see another.

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