Keeping and breeding butterflies

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kossus for wintering millet put in the refrigerator door for 3-5 weeks? And if he does not spend the winter at all? I bred butterflies many times, but I didn't encounter wintering!

This post was edited by Tyomochkin - 01.11.2007 07: 40

help determine who it is, what it eats, and how it hibernates. Found it in Belarus

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They weave cocoons for protection and warmth. Apparently they are warm at home and don't need a cocoon. At home, they are generally strange... I once had a caterpillar that started burrowing into the ground... Nothing has passed. Pupated normally. The butterfly, however, never hatched .

kossus for wintering millet put in the refrigerator door for 3-5 weeks? And if he does not spend the winter at all? I bred butterflies many times, but I didn't encounter wintering!

Wintering is still more reliable. If the wintering butterfly is not frozen, it may not hatch.

About Kossus:

I have a jar with a caterpillar (in the ground) often remained on the loggia until spring, (I just forgot about it - so in the spring some NEW species was hatched), and they wintered in the freezer, and under the freezer. When I put it in the heat, I don't remember, but for overwintering the cold is necessary, otherwise gus. will dry out.

To ISARA: This is a raspberry cocoonworm (rubi). Look for it above (it was already)

And where to put this crimson cocoonworm that would pupate? Winter is coming soon. She still doesn't want anything to eat.

Put it in a regular jar of earth! Wait until you pupate - 2-3 days! Then, when you pupate, do not in any case wait 24 hours! Next, take a plastic cup, put cotton wool in it, a pupa on cotton wool, a little bit of fields and put it in the refrigerator door! Do not forget to water, because cotton wool - once in 5 days somewhere! In March, take it out somewhere and put it in a warm place (not a microwave oven). And wait.
I really don't know about pupation - does it take one year to develop?

It hibernates as a caterpillar!
Usually until frost gus. hr. in the refrigerator (I have in the "old", under the freezer), then taken out for some time in the cold. And from there in the same way to the heat. Only the time spent in hol. already minimal.

Can you tell me whose pupa this is and how to keep it? Spray with water?
Do I need to put it in the refrigerator? if necessary, when to take it out? When are they usually displayed?
Photo taken from the macro club, by Gene.

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Ufff!what kind of beast is this?!

Saturnia is where from?

Caterpillar found on the sidewalk in New York. Is it similar to Antheraea polyphemus? The problem is the pupa content, temperature, etc.

Dear participants, here is the son of my friend raised a butterfly from a caterpillar, very interested in what kind of species it is. The only biologist I know in this family is me, so they turned to me. And I'm very far from entomology, I only think that this is some kind of hawk moth, maybe a wine moth (well, this is a very unchildlike butterfly).
A few days ago, he was still interested in what to feed her, but now this question, alas, is not relevant - she lived about a week and died
Here are photos of the butterfly, alas, already pretty pokotsannoy-first, she beat against the glass (lived just in a city apartment), and secondly, a young entomologist conducted research with her, so to speak, post mortem





Unfortunately, there are no photos of the caterpillar. The boy says that it was brown, with spots "like a peacock's eye" (well, this is probably a metaphor after all! in general, there were some spots), ate American maple leaves (if we mean the same thing by this, then this is Acer negundo, a well-known infection, I did not know that at least someone eats it).
Here. Please help me identify it!
And just in case he found something like that again, what did she need to be fed?

Wine and eat, D. elpenor. I haven't heard anything about the American maple, it seems that its caterpillars should not eat, they feed on cypress and other ground plants mainly.

This post was edited by AntSkr - 12/25/2007 23: 34

And just in case he found something like that again, what did she need to be fed?

Not all "adult" butterflies are able to feed. Many people do not need food at all. Those that feed may have different tastes, but for the most part you can try sugar syrup or dilute honey with water, as well as braga, beer, spoiled fruit, etc.
However, I do not think that a butterfly will feed in captivity. Therefore, you will have to force-feed.
And by and large, it is much more humane to release into the wild. In extreme cases, put it to sleep, and add it to the collection. Rather than watch her rip off her wings...

Did the caterpillar really feed on American maple leaves

Not all "adult" butterflies are able to feed. Many people do not need food at all. Those that feed may have different tastes, but for the most part you can try sugar syrup or dilute honey with water, as well as braga, beer, spoiled fruit, etc.
However, I do not think that a butterfly will feed in captivity. Therefore, you will have to force-feed.
And by and large, it is much more humane to release into the wild. In extreme cases, put it to sleep, and add it to the collection. Rather than watch her rip off her wings...

This is understandable. But it appeared in the winter, where was it really released? As for euthanasia and collection-the child does not have all this entomological tools and relevant skills - he is only 8 years old..
We tried to give her fruit (grapes) and a solution of honey, but she didn't eat it. And how to force-feed a butterfly? I don't know if I'm interested in it myself

If there is a cypress tree, etc., then they will most likely choose it, and not a maple tree.

I still don't believe it was a maple tree. Hawks are very fastidious in their food, and will rather die than eat anything inappropriate.

Maybe it wasn't a maple tree. Or was the caterpillar already at the last stage and had to pupate?

This is understandable. But it appeared in the winter, where was it really released?

Then I see. If it was winter, then in any case it was doomed.

The grapes would have nowhere to go. He caught it in St. Petersburg, then brought it to Moscow - and there and there grapes are, to put it mildly, rare... certainly rarer than Acer negundo
That the child was wrong about the maple tree-maybe, although he spoke very confidently, that's what he called it, not just any maple tree...

The grapes would have nowhere to go. He caught it in St. Petersburg, then brought it to Moscow - and there and there grapes are, to put it mildly, rare... certainly rarer than Acer negundo
That the child was wrong about the maple tree-maybe, although he spoke very confidently, that's what he called it, not just any maple tree...

I don't even know what to say.. I looked at Pittaway just in case - he writes that he eats Onager and Madder. In general, it would be nice if he started eating this maple tree:-)
About this hawk moth here you can see -
http://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/d_elp.htm

I don't even know what to say.. I looked at Pittaway just in case - he writes that he eats Onager and Madder. In general, it would be nice if he started eating this maple tree:-)
About this hawk moth here you can see -
http://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/d_elp.htm

Yes, it would not be bad to eat acera negundi or acer negundo, and scoundrel is just almost an analogy, can rename it , I like to call it that way more . When in the past or I don't remember, the year before last, I noticed an amazing trend. Tibicina hematodes - a large song cicada sat on this maple, or rather on a young tree. And although the damage from one pest to another is small, in general, I don't even know if they ate the juice of this shrub, but I think so. But the benefit of the maple tree served very, very well, otherwise there would be 6-7 of these cicadas in one trip, even if they didn't catch a crack, even if there was a chorus from all sides. And so almost on bdyudtsa and it does not matter that only males.

I still don't believe it was a maple tree. Hawks are very fastidious in their food, and will rather die than eat anything inappropriate.

Or they'd rather eat something inappropriate and then die because of it. I once fed euphorbiae caterpillars (!) not with milkweed, but with Ivan tea (not after leaving the egg, but after taking the caterpillars in nature on milkweed); they eat it for several days, then begin to die out – those that are relatively young. But those that are older, have time to pupate after such a stage in nutrition. Those that are younger, but have not yet had time to die after Ivan-tea, survive if you transfer them back to milkweed. But, one way or another, euphorbiae caterpillars do not start eating immediately, but first (in the absence of other food) they wait, starve for two or three days.

99% of our bears crack plantain on both cheeks. And a good half of the floral diversity of the USSR))))). and "cocoon on the ground" could mean a light cocoon, when the caterpillar only slightly binds the substrate particles together in order to pupate in comfort)

How to start breeding butterflies at home, where to find information, please tell me?

How to start breeding butterflies at home, where to find information, please tell me?

Look at the links
http://www.zooblog.info/viewtopic.php?
http://catalog-house.info/?
http://www.babochka.umbura.com/pupae.html
The book" Butterflies in the home insectarium " by the Tkachevs can be ordered here:
http://books.j5.ru/tov/babochki-v-domashnem-insektarii
http://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/1012031/
http://aquarium-zoo.ru/book/terrar.htm

Kossus successfully wintered))) What does it need for pupation?

Wood dust?

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Sorry, I didn't notice your theme at first and posted my own one.
I am an entomologist from Belarus, I have been breeding butterflies for a long time. However, I communicate mainly with colleagues who use the Latin alphabet for writing. Now I decided to try to establish contacts with our eastern neighbors as well. My main interest is Saturniidae and Brahmaeidae. But I do not disdain Sphingidae, Arctiidae, Parnassius. Now I breed Brahmaea hearseyi, Caligula simla, C. thibeta, Rhodinia nevara, Automeris io. Later there will be other views. If you are interested, please write (bel_lepid@mail.ru).
We can exchange not only views/money, but also experience. Perhaps in the future there will be some joint expeditions, grants, and publications... With a friendly greeting,

Anatoly Kulak

sorry that I got into someone else's topic,but it's very interesting!! Is there anyone here from Moscow who could share(sell)dolls (at least one))) and advise on the entire period before the release of the butterfly???((I will be very grateful!

I'm from St. Petersburg, I decided to start breeding butterflies, but I didn't find any ads for the sale of pupae ...
if anyone knows where you can buy pupae, please tell me plizzzzz....
and one more question... how do pupae survive transportation if ordered from.... Moscow for example.....
ray1@bk.ru

Coming soon: Samia cynthia ricini cocoons.


We accept pre-orders for pupae of the rare hawk moth Langia zenzeroides.

Also this season: Actias luna, Hyalophora cecropia, Antheraea polyphemus, Antheraea perneyi, Hyles hippophaes, etc.

ICQ: 218688280
e-mail: daph@list.ru

P.S. We will also consider any suggestions for cooperation: exchange of experience and material, joint expeditions, publications, etc.

This post was edited by Hemaris - 03.05.2008 23: 33

Hello colleagues!
RAY, who do you want to breed? I usually have a lot of live crops....Most of all sailboats.
Transportation is not a problem...

good day to all!I'm happy that I found my colleagues!I thought entomology ended with the Soviet Union.I'm from central Kazakhstan.I just connected the Internet.I've been interested in insects for a long time.I'm really glad to meet you!!!!!!if anyone is there,please write to me so that I know that I am not alone....

I love hawkmoth, peacock eyes and sailboats!especially the caterpillars,those fat, voracious crocodiles.displayed all local species.I keep my little collection in the city museum.