deaths head hawk moth & giant atlas moths
Re: deaths head hawk moththese pic`s were taken on the 18th two day after the last pic`s, you can see how much they`ve grown in two days
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Re: deaths head hawk mothI always thought the moths were pretty cool but the caterpillars are AMAZING!! The colours are just incredible.
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(¸.✰´¨(¸.✰ Manda Living our version of the Good Life with 4 dogs, 6 cats, a cow, a few sheep, Angora Goats and ???? chooks. Don't get your knickers in a knot..it solves nothing ~ just makes you walk funny
Re: deaths head hawk moththey`ve started to pupate they are starting to change colour slightly and climb around the cage away from the food, the one who`s ready to pupate is the more orange looking one to the left of the pic`s
this is their new home, a recycling bin half filled with compost, they`ll bury themselves and turn into pupa`s under the soil, got 4 in there at the moment they`ll stay there for about 10 days before I dig them up, then hopefully it`ll be about 2 weeks before they`ll hatch see ya in about 3 weeks babies going .. going ... gone ! [center]OCK LIKES TO PARTY !!!![/center]
Re: deaths head hawk mothBlimey I hadn't looked at this thread for a week or so - they are gi-normous - they must have ate a lot of veggies to grow that quick. Isn't nature amazing?
Julie
“cockerels may crow but it's the hen that lays the egg." Re: deaths head hawk mothThey are enormous Huge in fact. It really is amazing how much they have changed over a very short period of time.
What bush's do they like to eat the most, or arent they fussy?
Re: deaths head hawk moththey eat members of the deadly night shade family, potato`s etc and privet, mines been munching on privet, they told me it was yummy
only got 4 caterpillars above ground now, the other 11 are under the soil [center]OCK LIKES TO PARTY !!!![/center]
Re: deaths head hawk mothall the caterpillars apart from one have disappeared under the soil now, only one not to go is Junior, he`s smaller that the rest so think he needs to munch a bit more , now I`ve got to wait about a week then dig them up, then wait another couple of weeks before they hatch out as moths
in the mean time I`ve got me some more eggs , they are giant atlas moths this time, they`ve got a 25cm wingspan , the eggs arrived today and 5 of them had hatched out in the post [center]OCK LIKES TO PARTY !!!![/center]
Re: deaths head hawk moth[center]OCK LIKES TO PARTY !!!![/center]
Re: deaths head hawk mothIf you can train them they'll make brilliant fascinators for the missus
Dom Ali Woks My World
Re: deaths head hawk moth
They eat mines? Good job you are in Cornwall as they have a load of tine mines to nosh on. Helen xx
3 children, 3 grandchildren, 3 chooks, 3 fish, a shrimp that thinks its a prawn and a dappy dog. http://www.acountrygrandma.blogspot.com
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I wondered where they got the ends of forks from and now I know Dom Ali Woks My World
Re: deaths head hawk mothGood god they're enormous .. they would freak me out flying about
Julie
“cockerels may crow but it's the hen that lays the egg."
Re: deaths head hawk moththis is want the deaths heads look like now, they should hatch in a couple of weeks fingers crossed
[center]OCK LIKES TO PARTY !!!![/center]
Re: deaths head hawk mothand this is what the atlas cats look like now, they`ve just moulted into their second instar (skin)
[center]OCK LIKES TO PARTY !!!![/center]
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