Larva: Graellsia isabellae (m) x Actias dubernardi (f)

Graellsia isabellae x Actias dubernardi fourth instar larva, courtesy of Dominique Ades.

Dominique writes, June 20, 2005, "L4 caterpillars of the hybrid [Graellsia male x Actias dubernardi]. We (D. Ades, R. Cocault, S.Kohll, R.Lemaître, R.Vuattoux and R.Zaun) hope adults will come soon..."

When Dominique sent me these images, he wrote in his email, "if we have the pleasure to get them in the group."

He also sent an accompanying text document as an attachment which was truncated. Unfortunately my original post (copy and paste) to this page came from the truncated attachment version and not from Dominique's email text message where he clearly mentions the group.

My apologies for not catching the difference and for not originally posting "in the group" as per Dominique's text message.

Graellsia isabellae x Actias dubernardi drawing, courtesy of Dominique Ades.

The drawing is Dominique Ades' prediction of the hybrid [Graellsia isabellae x Actias dubernardi] adults "in relation to our morphology and colour knowledge of the other hybrids presently known."

This hybrid is unknown and it will be very interesting to see if the team can successfully get the larva to cocoon and pupate and subsequently emerge.

It will also be interesting to see how close his prediction is to the live adults.

Dominique is working as part of a team of six individuals: Dominique Adés, Robert Lemaitre, Robert Vuattoux, Raymond Cocault, Robert Zaun and Steve Kohll. From four hybrid matings all six men have received eggs and are rearing larvae.

Success!

Graellsia isabellae x Actias dubernardi male hybrid, courtesy of Steve Kholl via Robert Lemaitre.

Robert writes, "This is the breeding and its results of the joint work of six people (D. Adès, R. Cocault, S. Kholl, R. Lemaitre, R. Vuattoux, R. Zaun) and seeing that I was the co-ordinator of the group, my special thanks go to Steve because it was he who obtained and raised the A. dubernadi cocoons (breeds of 2004 of 2 generations)."

See additional isabellae x dubernardi images.

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