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You wanted to see some pics, so here's the first. This is the first moth of mine to eclose.
He came out Saturday morning (a 'he' judging by the antennae) and used to look wonderful! He has since torn up and frayed every wing edge.
This is a Cecropia Moth, North America's largest, native moth.
They're very gentle and, while they're still pumping their wings, are quite easy to pass onto your hand and take pictures.
The other four include: another Cecropia, 2 Polyphemus, and one Cynthia.
Giant Silk Moths have no mouth parts or digestive parts for food. Their sole purpose as an adult is to breed and die. Sadly as such, this guy will only be with me for 1-2 weeks.
He came out Saturday morning (a 'he' judging by the antennae) and used to look wonderful! He has since torn up and frayed every wing edge.
This is a Cecropia Moth, North America's largest, native moth.
They're very gentle and, while they're still pumping their wings, are quite easy to pass onto your hand and take pictures.
The other four include: another Cecropia, 2 Polyphemus, and one Cynthia.
Giant Silk Moths have no mouth parts or digestive parts for food. Their sole purpose as an adult is to breed and die. Sadly as such, this guy will only be with me for 1-2 weeks.
Category Photography / All
Species Insect (Other)
Size 996 x 669px
File Size 193 kB
Nice photo. =3 I raised an entire brood of these pretty things about 4 years ago. (I have some pics in my gallery if you're interested showing them from 1st instar to eclosure and overrunning my place!)
Did you raise it from a larva? I was curious if you did because I wondered what you'd fed them if so. Mine ended up on an unusual diet of black walnut. I started with around 70 eggs and ultimately around 40 of them survived to eclosure. It was extremely laborious to raise that many but extremely rewarding!
Did you raise it from a larva? I was curious if you did because I wondered what you'd fed them if so. Mine ended up on an unusual diet of black walnut. I started with around 70 eggs and ultimately around 40 of them survived to eclosure. It was extremely laborious to raise that many but extremely rewarding!
I haven't reared cecropias from eggs, personally. I've reared black swallowtails and some painted ladies, but haven't wanted to muck up cecropias. I'd feel terrible to lose any (even though it's almost a guarantee).
However, I have a silver maple that seems to go over pretty well with appetite. Otherwise, I only take care of them in the months before they eclose.
However, I have a silver maple that seems to go over pretty well with appetite. Otherwise, I only take care of them in the months before they eclose.
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