[leps-talk] MALE x FEMALE emergence

[Jorge Bizarro]

Hi

Thanks for the tips. The one regarding female dispersal (or dispersion?) is quite interesting, indeed I've been always thaught that females keep themselves near the hostplants. But it is obvious that, may be, is not at all like that.

As for Speyeria... my question: are they gregarious?? - european big fritillaries (Argynnis, Pandoriana, Mesoacidalia) are not gregarious at all, as far as I know.

Riodinids are particularly known for frequenting the same spots year after year, sometimes at particular timetable (see C. Callaghan), so it's particularly notorious and striking the Euselasia sinchronism.


I've never tried to rear gregarious Saturniidae, but now I have some 30 Lonomia (yes! the KILLER bug) pupae... eager to see what happens, but I bet females will show up first.

Thank you once again.

Jorge

P.S. I did confirm with a friend doing a revision of Actinote, that in all species he has breed up today, the males came first... and by all means, they left a squamous "plug" in the female 'ductus bursae' (no, definitely not a scientific binomial name, sorry!) after the ... ummhhh how should I say... copula.


Jorge
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