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Post by Rev. Redmond Farrier on Aug 10, 2012 21:40:00 GMT -8
I am sure most of you have seen this plenty of times, but this is the most lunas I have ever seen at one time. I only collected one though, the luna that is almost yellow. I have plenty of them and don't usually collect spares, but I have never seen one that color before so I decided to take it since it is in pretty good shape. I was hoping to get a female to get a few more eggs from, but they are all male. I have a batch of luna caterpillars right now, but when they reach adulthood, I would like another batch from another moth to pair them with. Attachments:
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Post by habibi18 on Aug 11, 2012 1:02:45 GMT -8
OH MY GOD!
That is........*Speechless*
Actias luna is my favorite of the NA Saturniidae and I have to wonder what's up with them being different shades of green (and now "yellow").
I know a friend of mine had said something about white ones..........but that's impossible right?
Good luck with your projects. *^^*
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2012 4:58:22 GMT -8
Congrats---nice showing. Now you realize that this sheet stuff is addictive  There are good nights, bad nights, and a few of those nights that will blow your mind. I got a yellower A. luna a couple of years ago in Alabama. They are very nice, but be sure to keep it in the dark (no light, esp. sunlight). Only light it up to view, for green fades fast while yellow on these turns/fades even faster. |
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Post by bluemoth on Aug 14, 2012 10:49:19 GMT -8
Last year some one told me they saw a pink Luna moth!!! Now that was indeed amazing. Did not know there were yellow ones out there to. Be nice to see some one start breeding them to get difforent colors to sell.
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Post by Rev. Redmond Farrier on Aug 14, 2012 14:58:12 GMT -8
The thought of trying to do some selective breeding did occur to me, but I just recently started trying to raise caterpillars and am still quite a novice. If I can get all the kinks worked out, I may attempt some selective breeding to try to get some different colors.
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Post by Rev. Redmond Farrier on Aug 15, 2012 20:11:40 GMT -8
I just caught another male with quite a bit of yellow on it. He was too tattered to keep as a specimen so I put him in with a female that I caught a few days ago. When I caught her, she looked as though she had just emerged and I thought I was going to get some eggs out of her, but this is the third night and no eggs. I think that there is the possibility that she was disturbed from her spot before she had a chance to mate. I have never tried to pair lunas (or any moth for that matter) so I am not sure what to do just yet. I do know that if she hasn't mated yet, she may be out of pheromones after such a length of time and may start laying unfertilized eggs. It is a long shot for me, and not just because of the low chance of getting a pairing. I am still trying to get the hang of raising eggs from wild caught moths and I really am not quite ready for selective breeding yet.  |
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There are good nights, bad nights, and a few of those nights that will blow your mind. I got a yellower A. luna a couple of years ago in Alabama. They are very nice, but be sure to keep it in the dark (no light, esp. sunlight). Only light it up to view, for green fades fast while yellow on these turns/fades even faster.