The Bolivian iNaturalist observer
petermoellmann recently obtained a white witch and held it for oviposition. After the moth died, he dissected and recovered a clutch of eggs (pictured here, from his iNat posting. Very close (!) to the holy grail, eggs from which we might first observe the larvae. However Peter has been told, and I also have the opinion from David Wagner, that these are unlikely to have been fertilized. Nonetheless, this is a significant data point: it tells us that on this date in this place, we might expect gravid females. I do not have that information in any other case. It happens that January in La Paz, Bolivia (near the observation locale) is perhaps a month or two into the rainy season. This would roughly fit the scenario predicted by David Wagner, where the larval stage occurs during the flush of new foliage with the onset of the rainy season.
Peter also recorded a video clip of the flight of a white witch, HERE.
petermoellmann recently obtained a white witch and held it for oviposition. After the moth died, he dissected and recovered a clutch of eggs (pictured here, from his iNat posting. Very close (!) to the holy grail, eggs from which we might first observe the larvae. However Peter has been told, and I also have the opinion from David Wagner, that these are unlikely to have been fertilized. Nonetheless, this is a significant data point: it tells us that on this date in this place, we might expect gravid females. I do not have that information in any other case. It happens that January in La Paz, Bolivia (near the observation locale) is perhaps a month or two into the rainy season. This would roughly fit the scenario predicted by David Wagner, where the larval stage occurs during the flush of new foliage with the onset of the rainy season.
Peter also recorded a video clip of the flight of a white witch, HERE.