Keeping and breeding butterflies

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10.03.2012 1:06, Hierophis

Hmm, I can't say anything about Vladivostok, it has a very difficult climate. The bottom line is that the butterfly can be released outside on the next warm day, just let it fly away, but if there is at least +14 in the shade during the day, and glanvoe-so that it is sunny and quiet. But this is generally a risky option in terms of forecasting - and what will happen to it later

And in the refrigerator - until the first richly blooming flowers bloom, that is, when almost all the insects begin to fly, you yourself know better when such a time comes. You don't need to feed it at all, just put it in a cardboard box with wet cotton wool, and in a hododilnik on a shelf where the temperature is approx. +10C. He will sit there in a daze, many butterflies spend the winter like this.

17.03.2012 16:56, Anders

Tell me. Last summer I found a caterpillar of the Great Night Peacock's Eye (Saturnia pyri). She wove a cocoon between two branches. These two branches I cut off and placed in a rodent food box and put it in the cellar for the winter. The trouble is that the cellar I have no ventilation and there is always kept a very high humidity. I didn't think the humidity would be so high. Today I took out a box with a cocoon. All of it became very soft from the humidity and the branches, among which the cocoon is located, were covered with mold. I'm not sure if the chrysalis survived, but when digesting branches, you can hear that the chrysalis is there (at least it didn't rot there). Tell me how to determine if kuolka is still alive? I really hope for your answer.

18.03.2012 16:15, Anders

So I did. Cocoon saw that it was dark brown with a reddish tinge. I didn't notice any signs of decomposition or mold on the pupa. But I didn't notice the pupa moving either, even when it moved inside the cocoon. But maybe she shouldn't be moving right now. Still, it is probably still in the process of wintering. Besides, she's in the hallway right now, where there's about + 10- +15 degrees. What other signs can determine whether the pupa is still alive?

I cut the cocoon from the side and took out the chrysalis. When only got it, she moved her belly, but ate-ate. On the" back " of the pupa, small deformations are noticeable, apparently due to humidity. But it seems to me that only the shell is damaged. Can this affect the butterfly?

18.03.2012 19:42, okoem

According to messages from the forum, I realized that the butterfly was supposed to be released at the end of January... But it's already mid-March - and the butterfly still doesn't come out... Yesterday I decided to take a look, took the pupa in my hands - and she twitches her tail! Tell me, how much longer can she stay like this?" And is it now theoretically possible to delay the release of the butterfly at least until the beginning of May? Should I put it in the refrigerator?

The butterfly can come out whenever it wants. Heat usually provokes an exit, but not always. Pupae of some hawk moth can lie for several years. So be patient and wait.
To delay the exit, put it in the refrigerator.

Tell me, where to look for pupae in winter?

The same place as at other times of the year.
There is a separate topic about finding caterpillars and pupae.

When only got it, she moved her belly, but ate-ate. On the" back " of the pupa, small deformations are noticeable, apparently due to humidity. But it seems to me that only the shell is damaged. Can this affect the butterfly?

If it moves its abdomen, it means it is alive, and therefore the shell is not damaged. What kind of deformations? "I don't see it." Photo to the studio.

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01.05.2012 8:29, vasiliy-feoktistov

Maybe someone will be interested. Conducted an experiment.
Some info:
I picked up a Phalera bucephala goose last August and got it this a baby pupa. And I completely forgot about it (I moistened the ground in the cage a couple of times during the whole winter and that's all). The cage was standing on the windowsill at home all the time.
And today I look: a hefty and high-quality female is sitting.
Conclusion: Removing the "Silver Hole" does not require absolutely no dancing with a tambourine.
I just never took it out because of the banality.
UPD: But it's still nice to get a brood female (attached the second photo)