I recently picked up an interesting book (Moths, and how to rear them by Paul Villiard), and rearing my own (hopefully silk moths) indoors sounds pretty interesting and fun to me. I was wondering if anyone could help me out with some questions I have that the book really didn't provide.
1: Can it be done this of year in Central Ohio? fall foliage is in full bloom, and I'm worried about finding correct food plants for them.
2: Relating to the first question, the book has information about force-blooming small tree branches indoors if they have buds on them. When can that be done?
3: What is a good supplier of moth eggs? Is it still legal? The book was written in the late 60's, so the internet was not super prevalent. I understand the problems with introducing non-native species, and I won't do that.
4: Is it still possible (early - mid fall) in Central Ohio to find larvae in the wild? If I do this, what is the correct way of rearing it indoors? What about cocoons?
5: Is diapause a necessary part of their life cycle? Grown indoors, can I rear eggs to adults, skipping this step by controlling temperature? If not, how do I know when allow it to complete its life cycle after diapause?
6: For species that diapause as pupae, the book suggests keeping them in a refrigerator. Is this the widely-accepted way of doing this? Thanks for any help you can provide me!
Submitted October 17, 2014 at 09:06AM by Eojis http://ift.tt/1Dh28Gf moths
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