Hawk moth dieing

Can anyone help me out found a couple of my moths dead. And i have not seen any mate as well. Do i need to put a tomato plant to help mating

freddyf385 said:

Can anyone help me out found a couple of my moths dead. And i have not seen any mate as well. Do i need to put a tomato plant to help mating

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You can use tomato plants for the moths laying eggs; they will lay on other plants as well but not sure which. Also you do not want to let the caterpillars eat any type of solanaceous plants (nightshade/tomato/tobacco etc) as this will make them toxic for the chameleon. Pigglett79 has an excellent blog about horn and silkworms. She covers all aspects of rearing these feeders.

The moths need a sugar water solution to drink or they will die. The blog from Pigglett will explain how to put it in the enclosure.

CHEERS!

Nick

Also remember that the sole purpose of the moth is sex, unlike some adult insects they do need to eat as mentioned. Pigglett79's blog does have a lot of great information to help you succeed with raising feeders. Silkworm moths and soldier flies do not need to eat but hornworm moths do. I believe using the same type of feeder for hummingbirds works for these moths.