Two distant relatives chitchatting

[Fernando]

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[evra]

Here's another relative of those two that I found in my flight cage this morning. By luck, it was 2 females and a male from different bloodlines, so I think I'm going to mate them. I've never had one emerge way out of season like this before, let alone three. Fortunately the new growth is coming in on the Brazilian Pepper Trees.

[Fernando]

Very nice! I'm still very ignorant about most species, so forgive if I'm wrong, but my guess is that your specimens belong to the Rothschildia genus (?)

BTW, those eat Schinus molle? My Polythysana do so too! Seems like it's some kind of "wildcard" foodplant for many species.

[thanos]

fernando,in case you are not sure,the moths of your photo are a male of Eupackardia calleta and a female of Polythysana cinerascens. And yes,the moths of evra are Rothschildias(the first is a male and the other 2 are females,as he said). Nice Saturniids.

Thanos

[Fernando]

Oh yes, I already knew the species in my pictures But thanks anyway (the E. calleta is a female though, it's just a bit small ).

[thanos]

Oh,sorry for my confusion dear friend - I've just seen the photo enlarged and it is indeed a beautiful female .

[Fernando]

No problem!

[oehlkew]

Hi Evan,
I would like permission to post first verso image, credited to you, of the Rothschildia cincta male to WLSS website. I am assuming it is from Arizona stock?

Bill Oehlke