Anyone raise Chinese Oak Silkmoths?

[AZChamFan]

. The wing spots were silver,( what do you think @AZChamFan almost like titanium pearl coloured?)
yet the eyes spots were see through, very beautiful.
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I don't know Twitchet, I'm not seeing silver or titanium. I really think the spots are much more of an Iridescent Chromium!

 

[Matt Vanilla Gorilla]

Absolutely fantastic!

 

[Twitchet]

Send some to the US. Did you ever feed any to your chameleon? Wondering if these are worth trying to get over here. I haven't seen them for sale over here, been looking.

I never did feed any, shame because the larvae were humongous and would of made a good food, although they needed a far bit of car they were super easy to keep compared to silkworms, I had very few die off.
Are they a prohibited species in the U.S?

 

[JoeDigiorgio]

I never did feed any, shame because the larvae were humongous and would of made a good food, although they needed a far bit of car they were super easy to keep compared to silkworms, I had very few die off.
Are they a prohibited species in the U.S?

I don't think they are prohibited. We have a ton of native silk moths. A. polyphemous is pretty readily available on insectnet and is a massive moth but I don't know if I'll have good access to any of its host trees.

These are definitely edible from all my reading although I can't find any confirmed stories of them being fed to reptiles on purpose. I think my Meller's would like a large flying feeder like that.