tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3748726986493313854.post3949016324146073122..comments2024-03-24T16:09:42.990-07:00Comments on Northwest Butterflies: Species Profile: Hemileuca eglanterina - Elegant SheepmothCaitlin LaBarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06592892266736569213noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3748726986493313854.post-41153411294471498612023-07-05T10:51:36.523-07:002023-07-05T10:51:36.523-07:00What a fantastic photo essay! What a fantastic photo essay! Priscilla Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564805564265436613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3748726986493313854.post-51058185742094880582012-03-07T19:28:57.359-08:002012-03-07T19:28:57.359-08:00Eglanterina here do almost eat anything. 2 weeks a...Eglanterina here do almost eat anything. 2 weeks ago I brought 3 of my ova indoors and they hatched after only 4 hours at room temp!<br />I have them feeding on blackberry of all things. Anything in the roseacae family seems to keep them happy. Hardhack (spereyia) is a host Ive used with great success in the past with no losses, provided they get lots of warmth and sunshine. Your adults look similar to mine, which were collected as a larval mass at Shuswap, North Okanagan B.C.<br /><br />I also had many losses with pupae in the past, but I think I have them figured out now. I keep them in a cardboard box with holes poked in all sides and them fill it with moss. They are left on my sheltered balcony over winter. the only maintenance I do is to sprinkle a little water in with them about once every 2 months to keep things from drying out too much. Last season I managed to get them all through.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Steve.Steve Ifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05576104261363432183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3748726986493313854.post-86279185787665382922012-03-03T20:56:51.446-08:002012-03-03T20:56:51.446-08:00Thanks for the comment, that's interesting abo...Thanks for the comment, that's interesting about the color difference in the larvae, but not surprising considering this genus seems to have a lot of variability. I love rearing them even though only about half the pupae survive to adulthood. All the photos I've seen of eglanterina larvae look different than mine, I've reared them three times (this group from central WA and twice from near Tonasket, Okanogan County) and they've always been solid black with rust-tinted spines, and they eat everything I've given them except willow, surprisingly since that's supposed to be one of their main foodplants. They seem to prefer bitterbrush and snowberry, but will also eat serviceberry, and the same larvae will willingly go back and forth between all three. I've also found a couple larvae on wild rose and switched them to snowberry.<br /><br />CaitlinCaitlin LaBarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06592892266736569213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3748726986493313854.post-46595438915908126852012-03-03T15:35:59.121-08:002012-03-03T15:35:59.121-08:00Nice documentation of one of my favorite species!
...Nice documentation of one of my favorite species!<br /><br />I currently have some eglanterina on the go in the form of a dormant egg ring awaiting warmer weather.<br /><br />The final instar larvae of yours are quite a bit darker than what we have here in B.C. <br />Ours have mostly burnt orange spines while yours almost look like hemileuca nuttali larvae.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Steve.Steve Ifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05576104261363432183noreply@blogger.com