Forbes' Silkmoth

A gorgeous moth!!! Often referred to as "Cuatro Espejos" in Mexico due to the four mirror-like markings. A female emerged from a cocoon on 101007. She started calling to a mate around 8pm on 101107. A male showed up in my yard at around 10pm and was flitting all around the meshed reptarium trying to find a way inside so I unzipped one side and he immediately flew in. They remained mated from 101107-101207. I released the male afterwards and kept the female in the meshed reptarium. She laid eggs in captivity from 101307-101507 on strips of brown paper hung in the reptarium as well as many more on a Rio Grande Ash sapling and a potted Wax Leaf Privet I had placed in the reptarium. I released her the evening of 101507 so she would continue to lay eggs on the Rio Grande Ash trees that ar... read moree in my neighborhood. Caterpillars began hatching on 101907.