Keeping and breeding butterflies

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21.03.2019 19:03, NiaKris25

Hello, I'm new here. I was going to raise tropical butterflies at home. From the pupae already. There is no insectarium. I took the container, chopsticks, clothespins and gauze to the bottom. I read that you need to put wet gauze on the bottom. The walls of the container will be covered with a grid. The question is: do I need to wet the gauze from time to time, or will it stay wet in the container? I read it. That you need to maintain the temperature in the container 25-30 and humidity 80. Who also displayed in the container, please tell me the answers to your questions. Where the container was placed, whether the gauze was wetted, how the temperature was maintained in it. Thank you. We need it urgently, the pupae will arrive tomorrow...

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26.09.2020 16:43, okoem

Good afternoon. Today on the oaks scored, as I think, lower-sided mines. How to bring them to imago? I found one pupa that year, but nothing came of it. Do you need to maintain humidity or do the leaves just have to dry out? I can't assume anything other than Phyllonorycter.

I do this. I collect more leaves with mines, you need to take a lot, for example, 50 pieces. I put it in a transparent container and close it tightly with a lid. The leaves should take up about half the volume of the container. After that, I monitor the capacity daily for the release of imago. When the leaves start to die, darken, I immediately remove the lid and tighten the container with a thin transparent cloth, such as organza, so that the leaves dry out and do not rot. Perhaps the leaves will need to be mixed occasionally so that the lower ones do not get moldy. I keep the dried leaves in the jar for another two or three weeks. During this time, adults are released. It can be a couple of dozen, or a couple of grand, or nothing at all. If you're lucky.