Photoes of underside African moon moths, please.

[clinton9]

Hi members,
Can I have photoes of underside of African moon moth (argema mimosae), both sexes and both green and yellow phases, please.

Wings have to be fully opened.

[bas]

do they go from green to yellow ? and when are they prettiest?

[bas]

by the way in terms off size are they like Argema Mitrei ??

[papilio28570]

Like all moon moths, the underside is nothing to write home about. These are old specimens I acquired in 2006 from an estate auction. Guess I have a dozen or so. The female pictured has some beetle damage to both fore wings leading edge....shame.

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[clinton9]

papilio28570,
Wings of your moths are not fully opened, I appreicate the wings to be fully open. I had updated my topic above here.

[bas]

I have bought some argema mitrei males wich are very beautyfull I think after that I will buy females and then I would love to buy mimosae's as well other argema species are basically unobtainable right??

I heard there also Argema Kuhnei and Argema besanti are these extinct or can they not be bred whats the stroy on this?

[clinton9]

bas,
I would buy unmounted argema mimosae, but I do not know which is which the suppliers that sell these moths.

Both argema besanti and argema kuhnei are not extinct, but their rarity, is because their larva foodplants are not been discovered yet, so once their larva foodplants were found, they will be imported to USA and be farmed for supplying people with unmounted & mounted moths.
Their caterpillars are unknown.

[bas]

okee now I understand is there any research been done to see what plants they and so on or is nobody really interrested in them? because they are nice I think so it would be lovely if they can be collected

[papilio28570]

It takes a funded research team to do this on a professional level and it may take several seasons before success comes. All else is reliant upon amateur collectors stumbling upon a larvae a rearing it out.