Regal Moths

[DITB]

i found a female tonight on a black light i have hung behind a sheet in my backyard once i googled the caterpillar form of these i MUST get eggs from these before they are gone for the year
i have her in a paper bag in my room....if i take the bag back to light and hang her near the light will it increase chances of a male coming to her?

 

[ZephAmp]

If you can build a mesh-screen enclosure for her and put her in an open area where her pheromones will be carried on the winds you should get males to come.

 

[barabootom]

The chances are if you caught her with a blacklight she most likely is already bred. The females will usually sit and wait to fly until after they have bred, then they fly around laying eggs. I would predict she'll lay some viable eggs in the paper bag tonight.

 

[barabootom]

If you decide to raise spome larvae, they always did best for me on sumac. They get huge and are quite beautiful and completely harmless.

 

[Terry D]

OP, Great! Hope she lays for you.

Tom, That's neat! I've always wanted to raise a hickory horned devil but so far Monarch is about the only thing I've tried- albeit with success. I have yet to find an adult royal walnut but have found all the other silks. They're fairly common around here. There's a few new gas stations with bright lights at the edge of town near wooded areas and we're still fairly close to the new moon. Tonight may be the night for those or Dynastes. We shall see.

Terry

 

[VinceG]

Do you have any pics of this Regal moth? :}

Their larvae form are really nice too!

 

[DITB]

here is a photo....not a great photo though

 

[DITB]

the eggs she laid hatched today

 

[Wlapkiewicz]

Cool. I hope you will have fun raising little devils. :evil:

Could you send any pics of the caterpillars?

 

[DITB]

i got some photos....i have been moving the caterpillars out as soon as i can by catching them on a leaf and putting the leaf in a new container(which is FULL of them )

 

[Terry D]

Sweet gum leaves

DITB, That seems to be the preferred host plant around here as well. Hope they all make it to maturity for you, at which point they'll be ENORMOUS!
Thanks for sharing :clap:

Terry

 

[ZephAmp]

Wooooo, the ones you sent me started hatching too!
I'm gonna try putting some of them on hornworm chow to see if they can be reared on it.

 

[dtknow]

Don't try that.

 

[DITB]

im curious why you say he should not even try?

 

[Deroplatys]

Generattions down the line and you do manage to breed a large surplus of them, do you think they ever have a chance of being exported to the UK?
We have Robin moths in culture over here but Regal moths would be a nice addition

 

[Travis K]

Generattions down the line and you do manage to breed a large surplus of them, do you think they ever have a chance of being exported to the UK?
We have Robin moths in culture over here but Regal moths would be a nice addition

I think that would be a very bad idea.

 

[Deroplatys]

Why exactly?
We already have Robin moths in culture here, their from the USA the last time i checked...

 

[DITB]

probably laws against shipping internationally.....now don't hijack my thread and make this about the laws Travis K ....this thread is about my moths and caterpillars......and about others if they decide to share some info/pics of there own

 

[dtknow]

wrong host plant.

 

[DITB]

i did not think hornworm chow had any actual plant in it....