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A Guide to the Breeding of Tropical Silk Moths / Die Zucht von tropischen Wilden Seidenspinnern Lepidoptera: Saturniidae

Handbook / Manual
By: Frank Meister
220 pages, 25 colour photos, 1 b/w illustration
A Guide to the Breeding of Tropical Silk Moths / Die Zucht von tropischen Wilden Seidenspinnern
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Language: Bilingual in English and German

The breeding of tropical silk moths (Family Saturniidae) has enjoyed great popularity for many years. Until recently, the suggestions for raising larvae that one found in the literature or via the Internet were only introductory in nature. It was likewise difficult to find useful information about the proper plants to feed the larvae.

With support from numerous breeders, Frank Meister collected such information from around the world. From this he developed a handbook for the practical use of entomologists. It includes all known species of the Saturniidae with their most common synonyms. All of the edible and nutritious plants identified are listed with the particular species that feed upon them. The families of the plant species so identified are listed in a comprehensive index.

In its fascinating, detailed and practical divisions, this book has something of value for every breeder as it describes the methodology of propagation from the obtaining and care of eggs to artificial insemination.Using the concrete, step by step procedures available in this book in connection with information collected around the world about plants eaten by saturniids in the wild and in captivity, the layman as well as the experienced breeder should be able to repeat many of the successful matings recorded for the Saturniidae.

For more than three decades, Frank Meister occupied himself with moths and their propagation. On his travels in tropical Asia and America he collected and identified saturniids, and thereby discovered several undescribed species. To date, he has described more than three hundred new species in collaboration with colleagues. He himself has bred more than a hundred of these and documented their pre-imaginal stages.

Contents

Foreword 9
Acknowledgements 16

I - The fundamentals of Breeding 17
1. Sources of material for breeding 17
2. The successful treatment of eggs 19
3. The successful care of larvae 27
4. The successful treatment of cocoons and pupae 41
5. The successful propagation of breeding stock 52

II - Systematic list of all currently described wild silk moths (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) and the plants presently known to be eaten by their larvae 63
- Taxonomic revisions 62
- Oxyteninae 63
- Cercophaninae 64
- Arsenurinae 65
- Ceratocampinae 69
- Hemileucinae 81
- Agliinae 121
- Salassinae 122
- Saturniinae 122

Literature 173
Index of animals 183
Index of plants 205

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Handbook / Manual
By: Frank Meister
220 pages, 25 colour photos, 1 b/w illustration
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