Keeping and breeding butterflies

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13.12.2006 12:16, guest: RoM

Well, can anyone answer specifically?

Cocoons of saturnia have different structures - with an exit (as in pavonia, pear) and without one (antheraea polyphemus). Accordingly, the butterflies either simply crawl out of the cocoon through the exit or soften the cocoon wall with a special liquid. And sometimes they can't get out at all. Especially in fat females, this is a problem if the cocoon lies in a very dry place. Therefore, before the release of butterflies, cocoons should be periodically moistened with water.
Pupating deep in the ground (some species up to 20-30 cm!), they dig themselves out without problems, if nothing interferes with the top. Moreover, butterflies of such species are quite strong and hardy. Dead head - for example.

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22.01.2007 0:13, Necrocephalus

Uv. uchasnegi. I already reported in the topic "Winter Fishing" that I found a bear caterpillar (as it seems to me - rural, because I found a caterpillar nearby last year and brought out a rural one). She is very active-she likes to crawl and probably wants to eat, as she is still going to grow. But what should such a witch do in winter? Which of the usual products can be provided to her?

Probably need to find out what it eats in nature, first. And then, with the help of botanical literature , or with the help of online botanists

, try to find among the plants available in winter (indoor plants, or maybe food plants that are sold in the supermarket

) the closest relatives of its natural food substrate. In general, it seems to me that this is a rather dreary undertaking, but interesting.

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22.01.2007 17:00, Necrocephalus

Those. is it worth looking among the grass that grows on the street? Even though it's winter, but it's warm, I can find something.

"A friend fed dracaena" - and who is this? Where does it grow and where to get it? I don't even know that name, and the Latin alphabet wouldn't work at all

Of course stit look, since the grass is still growing!

Just to begin with, I probably still need to clarify the diet - I don't think that she will eat everything under the row.

Dracaena is a houseplant that looks like a minipalm. It has green leaves, with a red border around the edges. Unfortunately, I don't know the Latin name either, but I think Google should know

This post was edited by Necrocephalus - 22.01.2007 17: 01

20.02.2007 22:56, RippeR

I only grow butterflies from pupae (tropics, en masse), and some of our own butterflies-which is interesting-I'll be happy to share information.

So I urgently need one answer to the question:
butterfly.Kiev offers to hang pupae of the tropics on the slats, tying the end of the abdomen. I saw on the site on one foam "pieces" with holes in the center, where the pupae are inserted, I began to use this method. I also think, isn't it even easier to just put ekukolki on cotton wool and on the bottom of the terrarium? Which method is better and why, YOUR OPINION IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!! Because there is a lot of work and large volumes-now 250 pupae, and then they promise to bring 500 more, and gluing and tying each one to the bar, sorry, is painfully stressful.

And in general, what conditions do you most recommend? While there is 25 heat and 60-80 humidity.

21.02.2007 11:44, Romik

So I urgently need one answer to the question:
butterfly.Kiev offers to hang pupae of the tropics on the slats, tying the end of the abdomen. I saw on the site on one foam "pieces" with holes in the center, where the pupae are inserted, I began to use this method. I also think, isn't it even easier to just put ekukolki on cotton wool and on the bottom of the terrarium? Which method is better and why, YOUR OPINION IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!!

And in general, what conditions do you most recommend? While there is 25 heat and 60-80 humidity.

In my experience, pupae are best placed in limbo, so the butterflies will have a place to deal with. It happens that if the pupae of diurnal birds are not attached with a cremaster, then the butterflies do not come out completely and drag the shell on the abdomen behind them and are poorly straightened. It is also important to have more space, because in close quarters, butterflies interfere with each other, climbing on previously hatched, but not yet fully decomposed. The result is a bunch of freaks... If there are a lot of pupae, then the method with foam is probably the most optimal, only the holes need to be made less often. I.e. several parallel foam strips are fixed on top of the cage.
The temperature for the tropics can be kept higher, 27-28 is normal. Humidity - 80% is normal.
What are your views ?

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