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Non sto partecipando molto in questo periodo poi capirete il perché. Oggi vi volevo mostrare una bella Cucullia che mi è nata oggi dopo due anni trascorsi sotto terra (alcune mi sono nate anche dopo tre anni). Non è una Cucullia molto comune, anche se tra quelle raccolte in natura e quelle allevate ne ho una bella serie. Cucullia formosa Rogenhofer, 1860. Ciao, Zerun.

Bellissima!!!
Posso taxarla in maniera completa??

QUI il bruco ed un esemplare preparato sempre da Zerun!

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Certo che puoi. Ciao.

2 or 3 years under the ground as pupa ???? Do I understood correct ???

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Yes Victor, you have well understood. Many species of Cucullia stay two or three years underground as pupa. I have seen that also C. absinthi, C. xeranthemi, C. dracunculi, C. tanaceti and other species
do it. I'm sure of this because I have breeded all these species. Hi, Zerun.

I was told some species , or more species of this genus ..well they have prolonged emergence , that's why some species can be collected in May and end of July for example... interesting . Up to now I only used to wait such a long time for Saturnia spini !

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I think that you have to wait for all species. Some Zerinthya was borned after two years, the same makes C. erminea and many many other species. Hi, Zerun.

And Papilio alexanor, if held in dry conditions, emerges after three years.

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