Post by irisscientist on Apr 21, 2015 7:52:44 GMT
Hi all,
Many apologies for the naive question, but it's not really my area of research/study. Just wondered if anybody knew if Saturnia pavonia males are capable of multiple copulations/fertilisations in order to produce viable ova? I'm rearing some of these for my kids and the local school and my recently eclosed females, of course attracted some wild males. I caught and caged the males and immediately achieved two pairings, but have more to females yet to follow/eclose. I therefore wondered if it was worth keeping the males for further copulations, or not? Any advice kindly appreciated.
Kind regards,
Mark
Many apologies for the naive question, but it's not really my area of research/study. Just wondered if anybody knew if Saturnia pavonia males are capable of multiple copulations/fertilisations in order to produce viable ova? I'm rearing some of these for my kids and the local school and my recently eclosed females, of course attracted some wild males. I caught and caged the males and immediately achieved two pairings, but have more to females yet to follow/eclose. I therefore wondered if it was worth keeping the males for further copulations, or not? Any advice kindly appreciated.
Kind regards,
Mark
