![]() Aside from the antennae, another way to differentiate between male and female lunas is that female's wings usually appear to be more transparent than the male's. This is due to a build-up of pigment in the winter months. Have a purple stripe on both sides of their bodies. One obvious way to tell the luna moth from other silk moths is their green color. With one brood in the far north of the range and 3 to 4 broods in the southern part of their range. Lunas have 2 broods in most of their area. Reason they aren't as common as other silk moths in suburban areas they are raked up with Their cocoons only on leaves (not attached to any twigs) which drop to the ground, which is one Wait for the males to come in, and then put them with the female. That is one way to do it, but I usually stay up and Small enough that the female cannot escape. ![]() It is easiest to put the female in a metal cage with holes bigĮnough that they can mate through it (about a half inch or 3/4 inch hole should do nicely) but ![]() Males may come in atĪny time during that period. However, their head turns brown in 4th/5th instar.įemale Luna moths usually put their scent out between 1:00 A.M. They remain solid green for the rest of their instars, with little change to anything else. Have black stripes on their sides, but it is usually back to solid green by 2nd instar. Luna moth caterpillars look almost the same Particular moth, approximately 200 - 250 eggs. from mid-Texas north to Montana and then east to Florida and Maine. Range: The luna moth is found in the whole eastern By Jeff Ausmus at courtesy of Joan Ausmus. ![]()
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