Attacus lorquiini stuck molt- help NEEDED

    • Beitrag: Attacus lorquiini stuck molt- help NEEDED, Thema: Schmetterlinge züchten: Erfahrungen, Fragen und Antworten

    Hello Actias,

    One of my five L2 lorquiini's atlas moth caterpillar started to molt this morning, and hasn't finished yet. I tried to remove the head capsule, but it was stuck, and I couldn't remove it. Also, it did not molt any part of the rest of its body.

    What can I do?

    Should I spray it, and hope for the best?

    Any advice is appreciated.

    Best regards,

    Thomas

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    • Beitrag: Attacus lorquiini stuck molt- help NEEDED, Thema: Schmetterlinge züchten: Erfahrungen, Fragen und Antworten

    Yo dude it’s me Aiden. For the record I’ve never seen a caterpillar molt within a day. So just leave it be. The absolute worst thing you can do right now is touch it. If it’s still stuck to a leaf wait for it to molt. If you touch it, it could fall and if that happens it will 100% fail to molt

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