Breeding tropical silkmoths (family Saturniidae) has been popular for many years now. However, information on how to raise the caterpillars is still only scarcely available in the literature and on the internet. Thus, the choice of the right forage plants is often difficult.
With the support of numerous breeders, Frank Meister has collected forage plant reports from all over the world. The result is a handbook for the practical entomologist. All known species of the Saturniidae are listed with their most important synonyms. All feeding and foraging plants are – where known – assigned to the individual butterfly species. In addition, a comprehensive index lists the families of the mentioned plant species.
The book also contains a detailed practical section, of particular interest to every breeder, which describes the breeding methodology, from the procurement and handling of eggs to artificial copulation.
With the concrete instructions provided in this book, combined with the information on forage plants collected worldwide, in nature and under breeding conditions, it should be possible for the layperson as well as the advanced butterfly breeder to now repeat a large number of already successful breedings of saturniids by themselves.
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