REGAL MOTH!!

[agent A]

just hatched, Citheronia regalis

 

[mutrok4040]

Kewl

 

[CoolMantid]

Gorgeous. What do they eat?

 

[stacy]

That's really neat, in the last picture it seems to have lighter colors, did it lighten up or is it just me?

 

[ismart]

Crazy looking cat!

 

[agent A]

Gorgeous. What do they eat?

Hickory and sumac

That's really neat, in the last picture it seems to have lighter colors, did it lighten up or is it just me?

That is a different one it was probably freshly hatched in the photo

 

[brancsikia339]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THESE MOTHS AND CATS WHERE CAN I GET THEM??????????

 

[agent A]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THESE MOTHS AND CATS WHERE CAN I GET THEM??????????

i will breed the adults next year...

 

[CoolMantid]

Yay!

 

[RobR1976]

Mine just hatched yesterday too! I will have eggs available for sale in the near future, my first regal moth hatched a few days ago.

 

[agent A]

Mine just hatched yesterday too! I will have eggs available for sale in the near future, my first regal moth hatched a few days ago.

Good I will need unrelated stock to breed mine

In the fall wanna trade all my male pupae for your male pupae to avoid inbreeding??

 

[brancsikia339]

Mine just hatched yesterday too! I will have eggs available for sale in the near future, my first regal moth hatched a few days ago.

Awesome. Also, i live on Long Island too

 

[RobR1976]

Good I will need unrelated stock to breed mine

In the fall wanna trade all my male pupae for your male pupae to avoid inbreeding??

That's a great idea, excellent way to diversify the gene pool! I will be happy to trade males with you in the fall. I just had my first female hatch last night and she is huge! Im hoping she will mate tonight with my first male that hatched the day before, they are from two separate stocks of eggs I acquired last summer.

Awesome. Also, i live on Long Island too

Cool, what town? I live in Shoreham.

 

[agent A]

That's a great idea, excellent way to diversify the gene pool! I will be happy to trade males with you in the fall. I just had my first female hatch last night and she is huge! Im hoping she will mate tonight with my first male that hatched the day before, they are from two separate stocks of eggs I acquired last summer.

Cool, what town? I live in Shoreham.

only thing is, how do u *** pupae??

 

[hibiscusmile]

I am not sure if that is cute or ugly? :stuart:

 

[agent A]

I am not sure if that is cute or ugly? :stuart:

That's what I thought abt fuzzy :tt2: JK he is sooo cute :wub:

 

[CoolMantid]

Male cocoons are smaller than females in general. So you can usually make a good estimate.

 

[brancsikia339]

Cool, what town? I live in Shoreham.

Wantagh

 

[agent A]

sadly all but 4 died since they dont have the prescense of mind to move from a dead leaf to a fresh one

but they r doing good

second instar:

3rd instar: