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Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Forestry Research Volume 2012, Article ID 186549, 7 pages doi:10.1155/2012/186549 Research Article Biology of the Wild Silkmoth Anaphe panda (Boisduval) in the Kakamega Forest of Western Kenya N. Mbahin,1, 2 S. K. Raina,1 E. N. Kioko,3 and J. M. Mueke2 1 Environmemtal Health Division, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), P.O. Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya 2 Department of Biological Sciences, Kenyatta University, P.O. Box 43844-00100, Nairobi, Kenya 3 Biodiversity Conservation Division, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 40658-00100, Nairobi, Kenya Correspondence should be addressed to N. Mbahin, mnorber@ Received 13 March 2011; Revised 6 September 2011; Accepted 16 September 2011 Academic Editor: Piermaria Corona Copyright © 2012 N. Mbahin et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A study on the life cycle of the silkmoth Anaphe panda (Boisduval) was conducted in two different habitats of the Kakamega Forest in western Kenya: Ikuywa, an indigenous forest, and Isecheno, a mixed indigenous forest. Eggs were laid in clusters, and the incubation period ranged from 40 to 45 days. Larvae fed on Bridelia micrantha (Hochst) and passed through seven instars. The developmental period took between 83 to 86 days in the dry season and 112 to118 days in the rainy season. The pupal period ranged between 158 and 178 days in the rainy season and, on the other hand, between 107 and 138 days in the dry season. But the later caught up in development with those that formed earlier. Moths emerged from mid-October until mid-May. Longevity