they are starting to lay eggs now, only got 6 or 7 so far, no they won`t die now, they should live for quite a while if I keep feeding them yummy honey

yeah this is the first time I`ve bred them

my moths have become mummies and daddies now

they are living in moth cages in the living room at the mo

the sound is superman ll on the telly, not the sound of the moth feeding

just fed them their first meal of honey, you have to hand feed them by holding them and using a cocktail stick to get their tongue out and dip it in the honey to get to fed, have to do this every other day, after 2 or 3 times they get the hang of it and know what to do, god who`s how they manage to ...

one of my new babies

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their life in pic`s http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j274/ock_photos/026_zpsa24f5d46.jpg http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j274/ock_photos/037_zps453d3502.jpg http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j274/ock_photos/002_zpse9a5f0a1.jpg http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j274/ock_photos/046_zps175679ba.jpg ...

my little babies are starting to hatch, was thinking/hoping that my deathshead hawks would over winter, they had other ideas though 5 have hatched so far, one was all mangled up though and didn`t live, they are really squeaky too when you touch them , you can`t see from the pic`s but when they open ...

my tank takes about £90 of diesel to fill it from empty, this lasts about 300 miles, did work it out once, was in the low 20`s per gallon, makes me weep like a babba every time I fill it up

yeah, they should be fine, the silk is only there to protect them from the weather and animals, now that the silk has been cut it should make it easier for them to hatch out and they shouldn`t damage themselves, I hatched lunar moths a couple of years ago and I completely removed them from their sil...

and these are the atlas moth cocoons, I`ve cut the silk purses open to check them, the silk was so strong there was no way I could rip them open, god knows how the moths manage to get out through them when they hatch http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j274/ock_photos/015_zps7a2fd632.jpg http://i82.ph...

my only swallowtail hatched out the other day, the other swallowtail caterpillars died , they all went all mushy and waterlogged, the spurge moths did the same, the guy I got them from said he had the same problems with them, it`s because they were quite inbred so had problems, he`s going to get fre...

don`t think the deaths heads will come out till the spring now, don`t really want to risk over wintering the atlas in case they die, so leaving them inside, should be a month or so before they come out , they might just over winter on their own though their poo is really weird, it`s got ridges down ...

Malcolm died

thought he might, looked in on him this morning before work and he was sat in his little bed not moving, well at least he spent his last hours safe and in the warm

it`s a baby collar dove, I know it`s a boy because Malcolm is a boys name it`s sleeping in an old parrot cage in my garage at the mo, not sure if it will recover as it spent all day sleeping in an open box in the back of my truck, will have to wait and see, it`s got food and water and it`s nice and ...