Currently unavailable. The southern atlas moth is a beautiful grey and white saturniid with oval windows on the hindwings. Native to Africa, females deposit their eggs on local species of ziziphus, however ceanothus has been successfully utilised to rear this species in captivity and further experimentation may prove fruitful. The fascinating larvae, go through a series of dramatic and colourful changes as they progress through the instars, culminating in a final stage that is as beautiful as that of hyalaphora cecropia. Final instar larvae display a pale green ground colour adorned with red tubercles that are tipped with blue towards the head. Difficult to obtain and highly recommended.
Larval foodplants: ceanothus.
Rearing: plastic boxes and cages.
