DISTRIBUTION:

The Antheraea pratti (wingspan 120mm) moth flies in
Sumatra; and
Jawa (Java): West Jawa Province.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Males use highly developed antennae to detect female scent which is distributed into the wind. Males fly into the wind in a zigzag pattern to detect the pheromone and subsequently locate the female.

Antheraea pratti female

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Listed below are 1)the primary food plant(s) used by myself (listed first); and 2) preferred and alternate food plants listed in Stephen E. Stone's Foodplants of World Saturniidae. It is hoped that this alphabetical listing followed by the common name of the foodplant will prove useful. The list is not exhaustive. Experimenting with closely related foodplants is worthwhile. Starred items are successfully used by my father, Don Oehlke, in New Jersey.

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