[leps-talk] MALE x FEMALE emergence

[Chris J. Durden]

I once raised *Eumaeus toxeus* on *Dioon edule*. The larvae were gregarious 
in all instars as they fed on cut leaflets. The eggs are laid in a mass on 
the cycad in the wild, or in a mass in the envelope. First instar larvae 
were not interested in feeding until presented with cut leaflets.
.................Chris Durden

At 03:22 PM 5/24/2002 -0300, you wrote:
>Yes, I agree; indeed , my question was on the oddity of all the gregarious
>species that I was able to rear, in diferent families, from egg to pupa
>(Actinotes run away from each other after 5 th instar) presenting female
>emergence first. I confess they were not too many. So it would be
>interesting to know of others in this condition, to see how far the
>phenomenon is spead out among Lepidoptera; for instance:
>
>Asterocampa spp.
>Eucheira socialis
>Baronia brevicornis
>Thaumatopeia sp, (Pine processionary)
>Dione sp. (Heliconian)
>Euphydryas spp.
>
>Besides: is anyone aware of gregarious Lycaenidae... I can't remember a
>single one, but there are a few in Riodinidae (or Riodininae?).
>
>If there isn't a single gregarious species of Lycaenidae, that would be
>something really remarkable, for some reason.
>
>Jorge



 
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