Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on May 11, 2019 13:39:12 GMT -8
Congratulations Paul. Cecropia are my absolute favorite moth. For me they are hard to get. I only have 2 in my collection.
|
|
|
|
Post by LEPMAN on May 11, 2019 14:04:01 GMT -8
Funny, my Hyalophora cecropia also just hatched about an hour ago and its also a female. I found it unintentionally while traveling in South Carolina. All the leaves were on the trees so I was quite lucky to have spotted the cocoon! I am now contemplating risking damage to try to attract a male so I can get eggs, or keeping it as a specimen.
|
|
|
Post by eurytides on May 11, 2019 16:41:17 GMT -8
Today one of my two cocoons of Hyalophora cecropia emerged and it is a female. I wasn’t planning to rear them so it end up being a beautiful fresh specimen, first in my collection. Congrats Paul, I know you worked hard this winter for those cocoons! When did you take them out of cold storage?
|
|
|
Post by Paul K on May 11, 2019 17:05:33 GMT -8
Today one of my two cocoons of Hyalophora cecropia emerged and it is a female. I wasn’t planning to rear them so it end up being a beautiful fresh specimen, first in my collection. Congrats Paul, I know you worked hard this winter for those cocoons! When did you take them out of cold storage? April 17.
|
|
|
Post by Paul K on May 11, 2019 20:54:07 GMT -8
Funny, my Hyalophora cecropia also just hatched about an hour ago and its also a female. I found it unintentionally while traveling in South Carolina. All the leaves were on the trees so I was quite lucky to have spotted the cocoon! I am now contemplating risking damage to try to attract a male so I can get eggs, or keeping it as a specimen. If you think it’s warm enough in your area and other cecropias emerged and if you have a room to carry a farm, I would go with the eggs, especially if you already have the specimen in your collection. If this is first specimen I wouldn’t want to risk it.
|
|
|
Post by eurytides on May 11, 2019 21:55:07 GMT -8
I took out my cocoon today, still alive and moving. Hoping for eclosion very late May or first week of June. I will try to get a mating. Already got my cage set up
|
|
|
|
Post by LEPMAN on May 12, 2019 5:54:51 GMT -8
Haha, false alarm. It’ turned out to be just a really pink Polyphemus moth. I didn’t get a good look as I didn’t want to disturb it!
|
|
|
Post by Paul K on May 12, 2019 6:13:24 GMT -8
I took out my cocoon today, still alive and moving. Hoping for eclosion very late May or first week of June. I will try to get a mating. Already got my cage set up It is still cold I think season may be pushed by couple of weeks. We have rain and rain and rain everyday, if sun comes out it is 5-8°C. Saw only two P.virginiensis in one sunny warm day that we had so far last weekend. I want to go near Kingston to look for Euchloe olympia, they should be on the wing soon but with this constant rain it is impossible.
|
|
|
Post by eurytides on May 12, 2019 6:39:26 GMT -8
I have thought about that, that the season has been cold. But since I only have one shot at this, I can’t really afford to second guess. Plus the trees are starting to leaf out, so I don’t think early June will be too far off.
|
|
|
Post by eurytides on May 12, 2019 6:40:33 GMT -8
Also, where do you go to find Olympia marbles? Never seen them around here before.
|
|
|
Post by Paul K on May 12, 2019 7:11:38 GMT -8
Also, where do you go to find Olympia marbles? Never seen them around here before. I saw one last year near Kaladar, about 5 km north of Hwy7 on hwy41 but my net was still packed and I couldn’t find it after. It was May 25 and I think it was already late for this species.
|
|
|
Post by Paul K on May 15, 2019 12:36:32 GMT -8
Today second Cecropia emerged and it is also female. I was hoping for a male to have a pair. Now I am a bit regretting I didn’t wait longer to take cocoon out of fridge. I could lure a male.
Next time
|
|
|
Post by eurytides on May 15, 2019 16:36:43 GMT -8
Could stick it in the fridge. It might make it to the end of May, which is when early males may eclose. But I thought you said you wouldn’t really have room to raise the larvae anyway?
|
|
|
Post by Paul K on May 15, 2019 17:40:49 GMT -8
Could stick it in the fridge. It might make it to the end of May, which is when early males may eclose. But I thought you said you wouldn’t really have room to raise the larvae anyway? You are right, I thought to lure male for specimen.
|
|
|
Post by bugboys3 on Jul 1, 2019 11:55:16 GMT -8
I found a H. cecropia cocoon on the back side of my property while snowshoeing this winter. I was not sure it was a viable coccoon but low and behold a beautiful female hatched out last week. I kept her outside in my rearing cage to try to attract a mate. I thought she may have emerged a little late since I did not see any boys hanging around. The third morning when I checked on her I saw 2 different sets of cecropia wings on the ground next to the cage. They must have made a nice snack for a bat or early morning bird. She did lay eggs inside the cage the next day and was still in near perfect condition. Hopefully I can raise some more this year.
|
|