please help with pupae

[D. Cadolle]

Hi Liz,
I fully agree with poeple advising you to be patient, but.... you can induce
as well metamorphosis of your moths by the injection of ecdysone into the
pupae.
This is a rather tricky method, but it works well.
If you wish more details let me know.
You can see some hybrids of Saturnidae that I got thanks to this method at
www.biosys.net/eudia
Regards,
Daniel
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De : lday at iquest.net <lday at iquest.net>
À : leps-l at lists.yale.edu <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Date : vendredi 25 septembre 1998 18:51
Objet : please help with pupae


>Do those of you who know saturniids have any idea how to get a pupa to
>hatch when it isn't hatching?   My remaining imperialis pini pupae are
>just sitting there.  They went through the winter along with many other
>pupae, including another pini who hatched ages ago (some time in August).
>They are alive and they squirm, but still don't eclose.  In a fit of pique
>I put them in the frij the other night, then took them out this morning,
>but they are still alive.
>
>WHAT DOES IT TAKE?   I'm out of creative ideas.
>
>(and no snide comments Ted!  :-)
>
>Thank you all,
>
>Liz
>
>Liz Day
>LDAY at iquest.net
>Indianapolis, Indiana, central USA - 40 N latitude, zone 5b.
>www.iquest.net/~lday
>