a few
Mar 19, 2020 18:45:41 #
Mar 19, 2020 19:21:11 #
tinusbum wrote:
fliers,crawlers and biters
First glance at the sphinx moth I thought you were playing with a mirror.
Great shot. And, if I am right, an uncommon pair of Huckleberry Sphinx Moths. Paonias astylus.
As the name says, they feed on Huckleberry.
If you carefully get the two in a paper bag, when they part the female may lay eggs in the bag. If so, look up care instructions on line.
Very rewarding when you succeed, worthwhile photos if they hatch and start eating.
Besides Huckleberry, they will eat cherry, willow and blueberry leaves.
Stay with the food they start with. They switch over poorly for some reason. Enjoy.
Bill
Mar 20, 2020 09:26:32 #
Mar 20, 2020 10:10:30 #
👍! Most cats don't switch foods once started, although the lady who runs our local nature store (they sometimes sell Saturniid cats) swears that you can switch if you try after they molt. I don't know if that is true.
That looks to be a beetle larva of some kind at the end.
That looks to be a beetle larva of some kind at the end.
Mar 20, 2020 11:36:20 #
Mar 20, 2020 12:00:42 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
👍! Most cats don't switch foods once started, although the lady who runs our local nature store (they sometimes sell Saturniid cats) swears that you can switch if you try after they molt. I don't know if that is true.
That looks to be a beetle larva of some kind at the end.
That looks to be a beetle larva of some kind at the end.
The larva looks similar to carrion beetle larva.
Nicrophorus sp. and others. Some caterpillars will accept a change in food. There always seems to be a period where they make up their minds before eating. This causes higher mortality and smaller adults. I avoid changing. By selective starvation I produced 2.5 inch Luna moths and 3 inches for Cecropia, Walnut and Imperial moths.
I found some food plants better for growth and survival than others. Royal Walnut moths eat star gum, but grow larger on black walnut, for example.
Bill
Mar 20, 2020 13:24:03 #
Mar 20, 2020 14:23:29 #
newtoyou wrote:
The larva looks similar to carrion beetle larva. b... (show quote)
Update, beetle larva a carrion beetle, but Silphidae. Silpha species,? which one.
Mark, page 21, vol 1, #7, Dillon & Dillon.
Bill
Mar 20, 2020 15:40:12 #
newtoyou wrote:
Update, beetle larva a carrion beetle, but Silphidae. Silpha species,? which one.
Mark, page 21, vol 1, #7, Dillon & Dillon.
Bill
Mark, page 21, vol 1, #7, Dillon & Dillon.
Bill
it is very similar to the firefly larva i see around here
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