I raise Saturniid Silkmoths. This year I have had a fine crop of Luna Moths! After mating, I let them go to polulate the neighborhood. Here is a pic of a lucky male released after spending a day in loving embrace with a female. With the females, I put them in a paper bag for a day to lay some eggs before release. For the past few days, I have been placing bits of paper bags with eggs on many specific trees in my neighborhood and at work. I hope many of them will reach the adult stage and fly on warm summer nights!
Ooo ahhh IS RIGHT! I never heard of anyone doing this as a hobby, and I’ve only seen an Actual Luna Moth once! I would love to see one in my own neighborhood!
Yes. After that commercial, it is very easy to describe these guys to people who have never seen them in life.
PS, they have no mouth parts so they will not eat your clothes (one of the questions I am invariably asked). They only live for a few days to mate. Such a pity.
Luna Moths? Like the ones in those damned Lunesta ads? Those ads scare the heck out of me. It looks like some scifi-horror film about alien insects taking over people’s bodies while they’re asleep
Easiest hobby in the world! I go for hikes in the woods in the fall and look for coccoons beneath walnut and sweet gum trees. I built a large screen cage which I have hung beneath my deck outside. Put the cocoons in and wait for spring!
