White-Streaked Silkmoth female gets active after mating

This mating pair of White-Streaked Silkmoths (Saturnia albofasciata) was hand-paired in the lab and has been together nearly an hour at this point. The female is getting restless (or annoyed by something) and tries to fly away, but the male has other ideas and hangs-on tight! The vibrating action is necessary to warm-up the insects' flight muscles, otherwise they will not function well enough to achieve flight. Much more butterfly/moth video, photography and life cycle studies available free to the public at HTTP://jcmdi.com, and the Hi-Res version of this video is available on DVD at http://technician.jcmdi.com/lepdvd01/lepdvd01.html for details.

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[MoonWarriorAutumn]

I can imagine the male saying "Wait! I'm not done yet!"

[jcmegabyte]

Isn't it funny the captions you could make for these scenes! XD

It's possible that she wasn't done either, but in cases where one of the moths is disturbed or annpyed by something, they can sometimes take flight (or at least try to) with their partner still attached to fly off to somewhere safe! I see this in the wild a lot with butterflies especially. Thanks for stopping by! :-)

[Kaz3rOth]

hahahahha! so funny! nice vid thx .. but i dun see how the name relates to its owner... i mean wheres the White* =S i tot the bottom was the female too hahah

[jcmegabyte]

That poor male on the bottom is holding on for dear life! XD

The white streaks are the bands of white scales in the center of the wings, connecting the eyespots and top/bottom margins. Both males and females have them to some degree. It's a lot easier to see if they aren't flapping around! =)

[Rosieeeeeeeeeee]

Wow, she has a beautiful pattern on her wings :O

I do feel a bit sorry for her though XD

[jcmegabyte]

One nice thing this moth had going for her is that she got to complete her entire life cycle without being eaten by something! Fewer than 1 in 100 make it all the way to the end :-)

[Drag0n92]

every time one of these little shit fly in my room i kill it

[sixthcrusifix]

AKA Cotton Swab :P

[jcmegabyte]

Hahaha yea - "I've got eggs to lay and all you want to do is stay in bed!" XD

[satsuki26]

That's hilarious. She's like, "Omg let me go you creep!"