Hi Will, That's definitely a female Emperor Moth. While there have been very occasional records of it happening, unfortunately you are very unlikely to see males in your moth trap because they are almost entirely day flyers. If you've had females then I'm sure males will be in your local area so the best way to see them is either by using the very effective pheromone lure (https://www.angleps.com/shop-all/p/other-lures) or else by rearing the early stages. Having had two females to your trap there are very likely to be some eggs on your egg-boxes.
Hi Will,
ReplyDeleteThat's definitely a female Emperor Moth. While there have been very occasional records of it happening, unfortunately you are very unlikely to see males in your moth trap because they are almost entirely day flyers. If you've had females then I'm sure males will be in your local area so the best way to see them is either by using the very effective pheromone lure (https://www.angleps.com/shop-all/p/other-lures) or else by rearing the early stages. Having had two females to your trap there are very likely to be some eggs on your egg-boxes.