Dear Peter, Thank you very much for your e mail; I will follow your advice; getting leaves of Jamun should not be difficult, will they eat Ficus Benjamin leaves. I do not know other plants, since I do'nt know botanical names. Thank you once again. Pushpa Salem Sr. citizen
--- On Sat, 9/11/10, Peter Smetacek <[email protected]> wrote: From: Peter Smetacek <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Moon Moth ? To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, September 11, 2010, 10:25 PM You have Antheraea paphia, the Tasar silk moth. When the larvae emerge from eggs, place them in a clean box, size of a childs tiffin box or a bread box. Offer them fresh, young leaves of any ONE of the following: Bombax ceiba; any Terminalia; Castor (Ricinus communis); Dalbergia; Sal (Shorea robusta); Lagerstroemia; Jamun (Syzygium cumini); Ficus (Banyan/Pipal); Zizyphus. See that they start eating and then clean the box as for any infant and keep a supply of fresh leaves. When the larvae get older, offer mature leaves and proceed thus until pupation. Then wait for results....good luck! On Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:15:07 +0530 wrote > Dear all, I found two moths in our parking lot, one was upside dpwn, afterwards it died; second one laid eggs and flew away. What should i do when the larvae come out? Pushpa Salem Pune -- Enjoy
