hemileuca nuttalli

Mr.kaiser

Hello everyone, I had overwintering eggs of Hemileuca nuttalli and they have now hatched. The problem is that they hatched a few weeks early and i have nothing to feed them. I was originally planning to feed them snowberry but that only has leaf buds right now. I have read that they also eat many plants in the gooseberry and currant family (Ribes). If I were to cut a small stem of snowberry with buds would they eat the buds, and would they also eat currant berries if I got them at a grocery store? I'm really worried about these as they were quite expensive and i was really looking forward to raising them.

Schnägge

Hi Alessio,

Rosaceae - Prunus or Pyracantha

Caprifoliaceae - Symphoricarpos

is guaranteed to be accepted if you already have it.

Mr.kaiser

thank very much. I have a friend who has a lot of honeysuckle so I was thinking that since they are I the same family as snowberry it might work. Do you think it will?

kevink

If it helps, Stephen Stone lists Purshia tridentate, Cercocarpus betuloides, Pyracantha, and of course Symphoricarpos, albus and oreophilus.
You might find something a little further along at a nursery..
Stone's book is a little dated, 1991, so maybe there's been some other food plant found since then,
they might eat the buds, it'd be worth trying.

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