Keeping and breeding butterflies

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31.07.2012 17:16, Euchloron

Please tell me...
If my swallowtail caterpillars pupate in early-mid-August, then they should be immediately placed in the cold, or they will not hatch until the end of August? It's just that I'm not in Surgut right now, and I have to go to Surgut on August 20, and 1 more transfer by bus. Or is it better not to send pupae for wintering, but to bring out butterflies from them, mate, get eggs from them and raise caterpillars? And then, just in time for the end of autumn, they will pupate, and I will send them to winter quarters. What's the best way? Or maybe your option. This is my first time dealing with swallowtails, so I'm waiting for any response!

In them, this is controlled by the photoperiod and temperature at the caterpillar stage. If the pupae are diapausal, then even in the heat they will not hatch until at least December. And if they are not in diapause, then in the cold they will still develop and, if it is too cold, they will die or turn out to be freaks.

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19.09.2012 13:45, Helen0210

Good afternoon. The questions are as follows: did the gooseberries of the pine hawk moth pupate-are they lying in a cage on gauze(in klodovka)-do they need to be hung up or can they be left lying down?Do I need to put it in the refrigerator for 3 months? How should pupae lie / hang to the wall / floor with their "back"or wings and proboscis? There is a gooseneck swallowtail, about 5 cm long-I gave it dill.The question of swallowtail is the same as that of hawkmoth. And the general question for all pupae - is klodovka a suitable place or should there be a bright place?

If the pupa initially did not "hang" itself, then you do not need to do anything additional - let it lie as it lay. Light does not play a special role in wintering pupae, but the temperature should be lower than in the apartment. (It can be 5-6 degrees, but not minus).

20.09.2012 19:54, AGG

Hello, I have several raspberry silkworm caterpillars living on my balcony, I collected adult specimens in August, I feed them stably. but now they've stopped eating. and then they bury themselves in the ground, then they get out again. what conditions should they create for them to spend the winter? after all, they, as far as I understand, winter in the form of caterpillars (I collected butterflies in April and May).? or do they need to stay warm so that the butterflies come out in late autumn (if this is possible)? Thank you very much.

let them still sit on the balcony. I poured my own fine expanded clay+sand in which they wintered. at the onset of winter-3-5 moved to the refrigerator in the fruit bowl, where they lay all winter. in the spring, I gradually thawed out-I moved the container to various places at home with a temperature set of ~ 5 degrees for 3-5 days before the street temperature. they woke up - ran around - pupated - hatched (especially massively on May 9, making me a birthday present)

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