All surplus eggs and larvae have now been sold. Available again in 2011. Mittrei is a moth that simply takes the breath away. Confined exclusively to Madagascar where its larvae feed on local species of Eugenia and Weinmannia, it provides the experienced breeder with a unique and fascinating challenge. In its penultimate instar the larvae is as large as many other full-fed saturniidae and it will 'graze' for over two months before spinning its huge, lattice style silvery-white cocoon - so designed to allow the rain to pass through. Although extremely difficult to achieve natural pairings, we are now breeding this species regularly at HEB via the hand-pairing technique. Feed the larvae on Eucalyptus gunni or Liquidamber.
