Oh wow that is really interesting!
Thanks for pointing that out!
I keep the male a little colder atm in hope a new female emerges as long as he is able to breed. Sadly most hatched by now and just the late ones wait for emergance.
I hope i can breed the yellow male and rais the caterpillars of him in a sperated container to see if some of the offspring shares some traits.
Best wishes
Hi,
My Luna Moths are in full Pride right now and i started noticing things i never seen in any breed before.
At first i noticed this year my luna caterpillars diddnt share the 2 color morphs in f1 stage. They all were the black-green form.
Then as Moths
Males and females are easily distinguishable by color. My females are torquoise and Males Green. I never had it that obvious. Also the Tailsizes are mixed up this time. (Males short amd females long)
Now the thing that really stunned me.
Just now a new Male emerged and he completely looks different. The tails are longer than the other males. This one has a stripe along the widh of the wings and also almost fully Yellow with slightest hints of green.
If anyonevknows how that happened im happy to learn.
Update:
Second Batch eats completely Normal. Maby it really was that one specific breeding
Yea i guess so. Ill try my best with the remaining ones.
Thank you!
Have a Great Weekend
Thank you both!
Yes i had the leafs sprayed that i put the caterpillars on after.
Sadly the Only Cherry trees here are completely full and half way eaten of Erannis defoliaria, wich i also dont want to disturb.
I even changed their enclosure to 3 different versions, so the humidity varies. But also they just straight up refuse to eat. 5 of about 20 are only still alive (i found the smallest ammount of their poop)
My Actias Luna and Graellsia isabellae, just eat normal like im used to it.
Hi,
i have a few Hyalophora Cecropia caterpillars hatched 3 days ago. I tried several of their foodplants (Acer, Syringa, Juglans, Prunus) and they just sit on the branches / leafs and dont eat. The first 2 died today. And since i am waiting for another batch of eggs to hatch i dont want them to die from hunger.
Would appreciate any help. tahnks in advance🌱
