Rothschildia Arethusa

Hello everyone.

I want to share my first time with this species that I love and until now I have not been able to have access to it.

Rothschildia Arethusa ❤️

I am raising it in Ricinus communis, and I have been surprised by its voracity, since it is said that they usually eat Ailanthus.

They are currently in L1 but I will update as they grow.

Here are some photos so that you can enjoy the beauty of these caterpillars.

Greetings to everyone 🫂

They are already in L2 in the process of changing to L3

Ready in L3

It is not a larvae that changes much between stages, in fact it is almost the same...

But they have super fast growth in this host plant 😱

I bring you good news again 🙌🏽

The larvae are already in L4 and very nice and big.

In addition to having reached this stage in record time!

I hope you like them.

Now they are in their final stage 🙌🏽 L5 has arrived jeje

I hope you like them as much as I do 🫣

They are getting very big in a short time.

I think they have very little time left to pupate 🫶🏽

I finally got the first cocoon🙌🏽

They have been eating a lot in L5 for quite some time 😁

This is a normal sized pupae, but very dark compared to other Rothschildias 🙌🏽