Herbert the Hawk (rawr!)

[superfreak]

a friend ive made:

aint he grand?

 

[Katnapper]

Handsome caterpillar... and the moth is lovely too! Had to Google it.

http://pbc.codehog.co.uk/bhs/pics/200506/p...un05_800_20.jpg

 

[superfreak]

its actually this one:

http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=...SEJrEtAOpovSHDA

nowhere near as exciting!

 

[Katnapper]

its actually this one:http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=...SEJrEtAOpovSHDA

nowhere near as exciting!

Oh... I guess I wasn't paying good enough attention! That's OK though, he's not the only one whose appearance gets a little dull with age.

 

[hibiscusmile]

:blink: hornworms freak me out! if that is your friend, I hate to meet your emenys (sorry cannot spell that)

 

[superfreak]

well, herbert turned purple and went crazy and ran around his container for a day then buried himself and pupated!

if he emerges successfully it will be the first time i have raised a caterpillar that hasnt been parasitised. unfortunately ive raised quite a few

 

[Emile.Wilson]

Best of luck!

 

[superfreak]

thanks!

 

[gadunka888]

actually you have to protect the caterpillar from ants...... it is best to place a dish of water below the container you put the pupa in. i had some papillo spp. caterpillars that sucessfully emerged..... but another caterpillar was eaten by ants.

 

[revmdn]

Neat-o.

 

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[SIZE=14pt]It almost looks like one you find out here in Colorado, like the ones I feed to our beadies also.[/SIZE]

 

[Rick]

Very close to the ones found on tomato plants. They meet a quick death at the jaws of one of my box turtles when I find them.

 

[superfreak]

unfortunately it got an unexplained crack in it and died herbert shall never fly....