Albany, California Updates (8/31/17-9/2/17): Actias luna More Eclosions, Pairings, and Eggs

After a few more of our luna moths (Actias luna) eclosed back in Albany, California, our mother successfully created a pairing. Stock originated as eggs from Alabama, April 2017.

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Back on August 26, two of our luna moths (Actias luna), a male and a female, emerged back at home which our mother pinned. Another emerged on August 27, and presumably a few more after that too because on the 31st, we got a photograph (above) from our mother of a mating pair that she had obtained the previous night in an outdoor flight cage. She reported that the pair had separated when she checked around 9:20 PM and on the morning of the next day, the female had laid 10 eggs (a bit strange, since we would have expected a little more than that). By the next day on September 2, she reported 60-70 eggs. 

She also sent these pictures of the luna cocoons that are left. It appears that the only ones that have not yet emerged are the five dark diapausing forms. 

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Authors
​Brian Liang

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