Keeping and breeding butterflies

Hello!Three weeks ago, I took six caterpillars of meadow mottle.As expected, I fed fresh clover, changed the feed in the morning and in the evening.A week later, five geese (one of them produced 12 rider larvae and died )built cocoons and pupated.The branch was ignored and cocoons were built directly on the glass,only one branch liked it.Here are my questions:
1. Cocoons have been hanging for two weeks.How long do they have left?
2. Stretched and glued to the glass gauze will fit the butterfly as a support, when it will get out?
3. You can only feed the motley birds with the usual solution of honey (1 part of honey to 10 parts of water)?
4. Do cocoons need special conditions?And for butterflies?
Thank you in advance

This post was edited by Brazhnitsa - 28.06.2012 16: 47

And more:can you help me identify the cocoon from the description?Oval, located along the twig,light brown in short black hairs, medium size.Please help me in any way you can!

Put it in the refrigerator for a while, then take it out.

I kept the pupae in the refrigerator for a week, but the butterflies came out with normal color. What did I do wrong? Maybe you need to put bylov in the freezer?

1. Cocoons have been hanging for two weeks.How long do they have left?
2. Stretched and glued to the glass gauze will fit the butterfly as a support, when it will get out?
3. You can only feed the motley birds with the usual solution of honey (1 part of honey to 10 parts of water)?
4. Do cocoons need special conditions?And for butterflies?

"They're probably coming out soon.
"Yes
, probably yes.
"

And more:can you help me identify the cocoon from the description?Oval, located along the twig,light brown in short black hairs, medium size.

Photo to the studio Otherwise-fortune telling on coffee grounds.

I kept the pupae in the refrigerator for a week, but the butterflies came out with normal color. What did I do wrong? Maybe you need to put bylov in the freezer?

What's wrong - I can't say, I've never done such experiments myself.

On June 17, I found a mourning caterpillar in the forest in the process of pupation,
when I took it, the spider web from the bark moved away and it fell...then half a day in the box waddled.
In the morning I found the pupa, crooked, with severe defects on the abdomen and back.
And yet the butterfly came out today! It was symmetrical, with only the antennae
crooked. I was surprised how quickly it came out-in ten days! I didn't think that the mourning girls could be bred in June.

This post was edited by Kallima - 06/29/2012 11: 21

Please help me deal with the caterpillars! About a week ago, I found 6 peacock's eye caterpillars, fed them nettles, and last night one of them failed to pupate. Two unfortunately were eaten from the inside, and three more fell into some kind of stupor ((About 3 days do not move, do not eat, only occasionally move their body a little. At first I thought that they were also preparing to pupate, but not for 3 days... What can we expect from them? Maybe there's some kind of parasite inside, too, and that's why they're so frozen in anticipation of death? Although the one who died today, until the very end was cheerful and ate nettles ...

What can we expect from them? Maybe there's some kind of parasite inside, too, and that's why they're so frozen in anticipation of death? Although the one who died today, until the very end, was cheerful and ate nettles...

I think either parasites (different parasites can manifest themselves in different ways), or they got sick from improper care.

okoem, you were right Today at the bottom found another nasty brown cocoon Now I hope that the only pupa will not suffer the same fate

pupa of sagittarius, taken out of the cocoon.
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And all the moths I bred didn't really care if there was a wand in there or not. They mostly ignored it and grew wings just sitting on the ground.
Perhaps it's daytime butterflies, with their large, vertically folding wings, that really need a wand, but nightlights don't really need it.

Not all nocturnal birds can grow and spread their wings properly while sitting on the ground. And the butterfly wand is not always found. I have long since given up on chopsticks, in my opinion, it is very inconvenient and unreliable. The simplest and most convenient way is to place the pupae in a cardboard carob, if the cardboard is smooth, first rub it with coarse sandpaper. The second, and often more convenient option for breeding small butterflies is to take a round plastic or glass container and press a paper napkin into it. A pupa is placed in the resulting recess. It is convenient to press the napkin into the jar with another jar of a smaller diameter. It is convenient to use tin and plastic cans from canned food, cut-off bottles from yogurt, etc
. All these structures, of course, are tightened on top with a grid, it is convenient to use transparent organza.

Good afternoon! I report the latest news:

1. From the cocoon hatched this miracle.Who is this guy?

This is the clearest picture from my phone's stupid camera

2.Four male and one female butterflies emerged from the cocoons of the motley moth.But they did not want to eat a solution of honey, a solution of sugar, too.I even unwound the proboscis with a needle and pulled it out. Earlier released,there were three left.I brought them clover flowers,ate Two of them mated safely,and the butterfly laid its eggs on gauze.
Questions:1. Why didn't they want to eat the solution? 2. How to take care of the masonry, and after how long will the geese hatch?


3. A few days ago I took four black caterpillars.I thought it was a peacock's eye,but it turned out that the mottledwing is changeable.I fed a couple of days with nettles,two pupated today, and two more are already being prepared, hanging upside down.
Questions:1. The pupae will not hibernate?

4. In the purchased blueberries found four small, plump, green caterpillars.They actively eat blueberries.Unfortunately, there are no photos,but they are very similar to this caterpillar of the golubyanka

Questions: 1. When will these fat babies pupate and when to expect butterflies?

Thank you in advance

Good afternoon! I report the latest news:
1. From the cocoon hatched this miracle.Who is this guy?
This is the clearest picture from my phone's stupid camera

Based on what you can guess in the photo, it looks like Euthrix potatoria.
Well, you can only take photos with your phone in good light.

Based on what you can guess in the photo, it looks like Euthrix potatoria.
Well, you can only take photos with your phone in good light.

Yes, he is a
butterfly that could be dragged to a good light, but it's a pity to wake up during the day And in the evening you never know in the chandelier will fall.

This post was edited by Brazhnitsa - 05.07.2012 14: 30

Questions:1. Why didn't they want to eat the solution? 2. How to take care of the masonry, and after how long will the geese hatch?

1. Because they didn't like it, unlike the clover nectar.
2. I think in about 3-7 days. The masonry does not require any special care.

I have a few questions for you:
I have 30 day-old peacock's eye pupae in a square food container (17 cm diagonal). The previous brood was in similar conditions. Part (7) of them on the branches to which they are attached Hang through the corners of the container. The rest lie on sifted and washed river sand. I turn them over once a day. All the walls are covered with gauze, for each pupa there are two or three twigs.
1. Can they lie down? Bedsores don't form?
2. Some caterpillars fell from the branches before pupating, and the process occurred while they were lying on the gauze. Do you think they will be removed?
3. I have about 27.06.12 pupated sawfly. When will it come out, and does it need support?
4. What does the caterpillar of the grass cocoonworm eat (I already have a pupa, but I want to let it go to my relatives)
Thank you in advance for your answers!

I have a few questions for you:
I have 30 day-old peacock's eye pupae in a square food container (17 cm diagonal). The previous brood was in similar conditions. Part (7) of them on the branches to which they are attached Hang through the corners of the container. The rest lie on sifted and washed river sand. I turn them over once a day. All the walls are covered with gauze, for each pupa there are two or three twigs.
1. Can they lie down? Bedsores don't form?
2. Some caterpillars fell from the branches before pupating, and the process occurred while they were lying on the gauze. Do you think they will be removed?
3. I have about 27.06.12 pupated sawfly. When will it come out, and does it need support?
4. What does the caterpillar of the grass cocoonworm eat (I already have a pupa, but I want to let it go to my relatives)
Thank you in advance for your answers!

Pupae do not need to be turned over, they can lie down, but there may be problems when the butterflies come out. It is better to stick them for cremasters to a stick of some kind and hang them upside down.
The fallen ones will be displayed like all the others, if the pupae are not crumpled. And if they are dented, then they will also be displayed, but they may be defective.
The grass cocoonworm caterpillar feeds on whatever it finds, with rare exceptions.

This post was edited by Euchloron - 06.07.2012 10: 18

A little off topic, but where can I find out how to take care of a pupa (pupated on 27.06), (or what they have instead of a pupa) Species of willow sawworm

Hello.
I know that there are a lot of similar questions on the forum, but after searching, I didn't find such information that I need.
Yesterday I pupated a swallowtail goose. There are 3 more geese in the cage. Doll (it's on a stick) I want to put it separately, but where? Leave it on the balcony? Near an open window? Or can you bring it to your apartment and immediately put it in a cage? (there is still a kaya pupa in the garden) Do I need to spray the pupa? What kind of care?
Thank you in advance for your help.

Hello.
I know that there are a lot of similar questions on the forum, but after searching, I didn't find such information that I need.
Yesterday I pupated a swallowtail goose. There are 3 more geese in the cage. Doll (it's on a stick) I want to put it separately, but where? Leave it on the balcony? Near an open window? Or can you bring it to your apartment and immediately put it in a cage? (there is still a kaya pupa in the garden) Do I need to spray the pupa? What kind of care?
Thank you in advance for your help.

Put it in a cage.
No maintenance is required.

Hello!So what about mottledwing pupae?When will they be released?

I was prompted here by the idea that obliterata may have a summer diapause. As a result, now a couple of dozen caterpillars have woven a cocoon of grass in cages and have been sitting like this since mid-June. I got 3 pupae, the rest have been caterpillars for several weeks now. Maybe this is actually a diapause?? Maybe someone has experience of such breeding? How do I keep them now?

Hello.

Yesterday I pupated a swallowtail goose....

Hello there!:)
Today a miracle was born (I stayed in the chrysalis for only 9 days!):

Can you tell me if it's male or female? (I think it's a male. The females are darker, right?)

And more. It's been about 4 hours since birth. I put down a small cup of water and honey, but the Swallowtail is still not going to eat... Even when I bring it to the antennae and proboscis , it does not deploy it... Maybe he wasn't hungry yet. Or feed it by unfolding the proboscis with a needle?
Thank you in advance for your help.)

Hello there!:)
Today a miracle was born (I stayed in the chrysalis for only 9 days!):

Can you tell me if it's male or female? (I think it's a male. The females are darker, right?)

And more. It's been about 4 hours since birth. I put down a small cup of water and honey, but the Swallowtail is still not going to eat... Even when I bring it to the antennae and proboscis , it does not deploy it... Maybe he wasn't hungry yet. Or feed it by unfolding the proboscis with a needle?
Thank you in advance for your help.)

this is a male, feed in a few days when he gets hungry and may even pull out his proboscis and start eating.

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the caterpillars were disturbed on July 14. I replaced the ground in the garden, threw new grass. And 2 more geese pupated, the rest-half made a new cocoon, the other half-amoebically does not move. No one began to eat.
I will continue my observation and monologue.

When the caterpillars were collected on the Temnik (Khamar-Daban), they were of different ages. They were all very active, eating and pupating. Butterflies have already started hatching on the Irkutsk-Moscow train. I haven't encountered any problems like yours at all. Then he brought the imago out of caterpillars from the Sayan and Tuva rivers. There were no problems either. Even there were no fatalities, the yield was almost 100% in all cases. I think there were about 50-60 butterflies in total.

Last year, out of almost a couple of hundred caterpillars, I got only one normal female. Some kind of disaster with them.
I have a feeling that it is I who am doing something wrong. Caterpillars in nature are very nimble and mobile. These are the houses for a couple of days and fall into some kind of hibernation after 4-6 days. This year I tried to light them with a 24h incandescent lamp....hibernation was delayed for 10-12 days. And so without a lamp, part of it was standing both in the sun and in the shade - there is no difference, only by the fact that the grass had to be changed more often from the sun.

please tell me what they can be fed, and then the caterpillar of the redtail (1 photo) to feed SNAPDRAGON, but we have it does not grow .

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Hello!On July 11, my mottled wings were born!!!We stayed in the chrysalis for only 4-5 days!

The Swallowtail still doesn't want to eat anything.. (it's already been 2 days), is this normal?

The Swallowtail still doesn't want to eat anything.. (it's already been 2 days), is this normal?

I don't know .

I don't know.

I ate it myself)))

Try not to grow at home, but from a grid of some kind to pull the sleeve on a forage plant, let them live like this, pupate.
If you still keep houses, measure the temperature and humidity in the habitat, adhere to approximately the same indicators. Pay attention to whether gussies like light. Maybe because of the conditions they don't like something.
Use only one feed that they ate initially and do not allow a lot of gus to be in one cage...
Well, that's all I can recommend...

Hello.
I have a problem... The fertilized female (still the same papilio machaon) laid (so far) 7 eggs. I care what she eats all the time! She's already so fat that she can barely fly! She has a very fat belly! Is this even normal? It won't burst!?)) And she also had a peak on her left wing come off yesterday((( This won't stop her from living?

Usually pregnant females always eat a lot. What do you feed her? And let her fly more often, so that the eggs develop better.

In the section of the apple I make depressions, and there I pour honey with water, sometimes syrup with sugar.

What can be the causes of death of a butterfly pupa? It developed, darkened, and even began to show the pattern of butterfly wings, but hatching never happened. The chrysalis turned even blacker and remained unborn. No parasites were observed in the cage. Humidity or some kind of disease?

What can be the causes of death of a butterfly pupa? It developed, darkened, and even began to show the pattern of butterfly wings, but hatching never happened.

It happens. Some butterflies develop in pupae, but for some reason they never come out. I don't know why.

Is it possible to teach a swallowtail caterpillar to eat dill? I found some caterpillars on some umbrella plant, and I want to breed them at home, can I get them used to dill?

Is it possible to teach a swallowtail caterpillar to eat dill? I found some caterpillars on some umbrella plant, and I want to breed them at home, can I get them used to dill?

Uh ... well, actually Swallowtail guses eat dill)))

Not just dill. Any umbrella items. I found them not on dill, but on another umbrella (on some wild). Yesterday they didn't eat, and today they probably don't eat. So I had this question. And the fact that the caterpillars of the swallowtail feed on dill, I knew