I found a female luna at my door the other evening. I put her in a container and she had laid some eggs by the next morning. She continued to lay eggs for the next couple days. If she was already mated those eggs will be fertile. A couple days after I found her, a male showed up. I placed him in with her in, case she had not mated before. After they mated, she laid several more clusters of eggs. I released them both the next night.
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| Female Luna moth |
I transferred all the eggs to an aquarium and covered the top with plastic, as everything I find on raising lunas, say it's best to hatch them in a container with no air holes
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| Luna Moth eggs |
The eggs are supposed to take anywhere from 8-13 days, so the latest date for the last eggs laid is August 28th. All that are going to hatch should hatch by then.
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