Amata phegea

Hello!

Does anyone have experience with Amata phegea or other Amata moths?

I found a great number of caterpillars at local forest and collected some to see how they do in captivity.

I read they are very polyphagous and will eat almost anything, including each other. Interestingly, my caterpillars seemed more interested in dry fish food than in fresh leaves. I also gave them fruit and a killed worm, but they didn't seem to touch these.

I took this picture a few days ago, by now a third of them have already molted to the next instar.

Zitat von sasha

Some of the caterpillars seem to be in pre-molt so they won't eat.

Taraxacum worked very well for me, easy rearing and breeding.

Yes, they were eating fish flakes for a day or two after I caught them, and after this they all immobilized for molting. Now a bit over half of them are in the next instar.

Update!

The rearing was a success 🙌

There are 7 males and 4 females today, and around 20 pupae left to emerge.