Rothschildia?

[ritamux]

This moth is in my living room for 3 days now. It changes places but doesn't go away. I got curious so I decided to do a little research and try to guess what species it was, and I'm almost certain it is either a Rothschildia Erycina or a Rothschildia Jacobaeae. I'm in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, close to Uruguay.

I also got curious about how can I breed them at home, and how can I start it? Is it too difficult/expensive? I don't know if I will really do it, but I got really interested on the subject while searching about moths today.

[jwa121]

It is not Rothschildia erycina. I just finished rearing caterpillars of Rothschildia erycina and am now waiting for the moths to emerge from their cocoons. Your moth is a male Rothschildia jacobaeae.

I rear tropical Saturniid moths. Please send me a private message and we can discuss.

Thanks!

[kevinkk]

That one is a male, so he's either a possible specimen, or let him go to find a one night stand.

Breeding is as expensive or as cheap as you want to make it, the basics are pretty straight forward.
At the Insectnet homepage is an article under the "blog" heading is a piece that somebody wrote about raising caterpillars

The way to get livestock for you in Brazil is to probably try capturing gravid females at a light after dark.