Keeping and breeding butterflies

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26.07.2009 21:49, Transilvania

about the "incomplete second generation"... I raised marsupials, such an opportunity, the males came out in a week, and the females - in a year. incomplete second - does it always look like this?

I am also concerned about this issue... I wonder if there's any way to get everyone to come out this season? Raise the temperature, stand for 12 hours or something? Or is it just a matter of chance?

corg, your photo doesn't open - the album is password-protected.
If this is saturnia, then the question has already been discussed here -
http://molbiol.ru/forums/index.php?act=Pri...er&f=41&t=98123
If you do not have the experience and desire to keep the pupa in the refrigerator and bring the butterfly out of it in the spring, it is probably better to take it back to where you found it.

26.07.2009 23:21, corg

here is the password for the photo: gkbncgbxghjv... If you take it back to where it was found, it will be trampled, swept away in a pile of garbage and then burned, or it will be taken away and eaten by a magpie.... And so I realized that now it is better to leave the pupa where it is now, that is, in the box...And the fact that the heat is not terrible? And with the onset of calendar spring, put it in the refrigerator... PROBABLY IN THE FREEZER! PEOPLE WELL, PLEASE TELL ME, what is the optimal temperature for keeping the pupa in the refrigerator? We have +35-40 outside in the shade in summer, and in winter there is up to 30 frost, as three years ago... It turns out that the freezer will not hurt her??? Please do not "execute" me for stupid questions, but as for the link given "from above" - only the phrase that on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator...They didn't say what their model was...

we have INDESIT) running non-stop.... Of course, it was possible not to bother with all this and just throw it out, but the hand does not rise....

27.07.2009 19:06, Transilvania

corg, yes, now I see from the photo that Saturnia. Most likely a large pear - they have blue warts. In principle, the species is not rare. Here is little saturnia pavonia in the Red List.

Well, why so literally-in a pile of garbage? Piroda is wiser than we are, you just need to find a place nearby where a person does not wield a hoe and fire.
When I was here today, a hawk moth caterpillar was accidentally crushed - I didn't have time to get there and save it, so I'm completely sad myself

Usually pupae are stored on the balcony on the north side until autumn. In autumn, they put it in a box on wet sand, cover it with sphagnum moss on top and put it all on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator, next to the vegetables. It is important to ventilate periodically.
At the end of March-April, the pupa is taken out and placed on the windowsill of the south window, but it is necessary to shade it from the sun. A long branch is placed next to it - on it the butterfly can plumb off and straighten its wings. You can cover the top with a soft gauze net.
But these are general recommendations for all butterflies, specifically I did not display Saturn. I'm in the Moscow region, but my grandmother has a lot of saturnium near Krasnodar. I was just watching the caterpillars and butterflies. Adult butterflies are very beautiful, but they do not live long, especially males.

08.08.2009 18:12, Aaata

And how thick is the layer of foliage needed for pupation?

It doesn't matter in principle-it's not in nature, none of the natural enemies at home are already terrible for her, snowstorms and hail don't seem to threaten

her either . The leaves are larger so that the caterpillar has something to fix the web cradle for before pupating. In general, I almost don't put leaves on the litter now (they can become moldy, and dry leaves sometimes damage fresh, still soft pupae, which either kills them or gives them deformities)-I replaced all this, sorry, with a few scraps of toilet paper, to the detriment of aesthetics. Sometimes I put soft moss on top of the soil.

But, most likely, this scoop will be buried in the ground, in a cage of 5-7 cm. it should be.