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Post by berg2036 on Jun 28, 2018 16:34:40 GMT -8
Hi there,
I bought some chrysalises and am curious as to how all of you re hang chrysalises and or if I should even worry about re-hanging them?
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Post by LEPMAN on Jun 29, 2018 4:36:40 GMT -8
Hello,
You should most definitely worry about reattaching most ornamental species as its vital to ensure a sucessful emergence. To reattach most pupae you can use a pin through the fiber coming out of the pointy end of the pupa.
Hope I answered your question!
Kind Regards,
Ed
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Post by Adam Cotton on Jun 29, 2018 9:09:19 GMT -8
It depends what species you are rearing. I breed Papilio species in numbers, and there is no need at all to hang them up. I do lose a few, but most of them hatch and spread their wings perfectly. I let them hatch in baskets (1 per basket) putting the pupa at the bottom of the basket facing the vertical edge. when they hatch they just climb up the side to emerge. Occasionally one grabs the pupal case and rolls it over and over instead of climbing the side of the basket. It is actually best to hang them if you can, but the numbers I rear make that too difficult.
If you are hatching pupae that hang down from their abdomen you probably need to hang them up. I don't have experience with those, but I did hear that they can also be laid at the bottom of a container that they can climb up.
Adam.
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Post by LEPMAN on Jun 29, 2018 15:22:12 GMT -8
one other option is to make a paper cone and glue this to a stick, once dried you can place a pupa inside facing up. once emergence occurs it will grab onto the stick, climb up it and spread its wings from it.
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