deaths head hawk moth & giant atlas moths

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these 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 yike* yike*

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this is them in their new home )t' )grin2( )grin2(

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I always thought the moths were pretty cool but the caterpillars are AMAZING!! The colours are just incredible.
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they`ve started to pupate )c( )c( 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

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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

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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 )c(

see ya in about 3 weeks babies )wav(

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Blimey 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?
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They are enormous yike* 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?
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they eat members of the deadly night shade family, potato`s etc and privet, mines been munching on privet, they told me it was yummy )eat( )eat(

only got 4 caterpillars above ground now, the other 11 are under the soil ~eep~ ~eep~
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all 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 )eat( , 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 )c(


in the mean time I`ve got me some more eggs )grin2( , they are giant atlas moths this time, they`ve got a 25cm wingspan yike* , the eggs arrived today and 5 of them had hatched out in the post )c(

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If you can train them they'll make brilliant fascinators for the missus )t'
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ock wrote:they eat members of the deadly night shade family, potato`s etc and privet, mines


They eat mines? yike* Good job you are in Cornwall as they have a load of tine mines to nosh on. )grin2(
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p.penn wrote:
ock wrote:they eat members of the deadly night shade family, potato`s etc and privet, mines


They eat mines? yike* Good job you are in Cornwall as they have a load of tine mines to nosh on. )grin2(

I wondered where they got the ends of forks from and now I know )t'
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Good god they're enormous .. they would freak me out flying about :-D
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this is want the deaths heads look like now, they should hatch in a couple of weeks fingers crossed >fi< )grin2(

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and this is what the atlas cats look like now, they`ve just moulted into their second instar (skin) )grin2( )grin2(

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