If the moths aren't breeding... feed em off!

I've been hatching out some hornworm moths to try breeding, and a couple have come out a bit funky. This moth wouldn't stop flipping upside down and flapping all over the place, so I fed it off to one of our breeder male panthers.

He loved it!



-Jen

It does appear there is a smile on that gorgeous face somewhere. Yummy.

Very nice! I wish we had Hornworms in Europe All of the large caterpillers avaiable are toxic

Hornworms are usually toxic in the wild because they eat tomato leaves. They are fed synthetic food when raised as feeders so they are non-toxic.

How hard are they to raise and breed?

I keep a few bigger moths.

I've got some waxworms in that stage where they get all brown and hard. I can't wait till they hatch