are these good feeders?

[arnau666]

Macroglossum stellatarum/Hummingbird Hawkmoth - pic 1 moth and pic 2 larva

does anyone tried this as feeder ? are they ok?
any ideeas?

 

[carol5208]

those are hornworms to my knowledge and yes they are both ok to feed if they are not raised or taken off a tomato plant. Tomato plants are toxic. I am not sure what the breeders of hornworms make the chow out of. You will have to ask them. As far as I know the chow makes them turn blue and they are green from eating tomato plants. There is one of our site sponsors that sells the pupae for the moths and the worms. http://www.educationalscience.com/hawkmothlarvae.htm

 

[Todnedo]

Make sure you remove the legs from the moths because the have very sharp spurs on them.

 

[arnau666]

well i canot buy from any sponsor from uk or usa since they will only ship in my country just eggs and the transport will cost me more than the order !
but i have plenty of this in my area in summer time !
i will start to collect them and breed them on my own!
thank you for your answer !

 

[sandrachameleon]

Do grapes grow in your area? If so, you can Feed them grape vine leaves.
I think (but am NOT sure) that bedstraw might also be safe.

Tobacco, tomatoe, eggpant, bell pepper (and anything else from the night shade family/Solanaceae of plants) leaves should be very much avoided from the diet of any larva that will be fed to your chameleon

 

[arnau666]

yap, i can get lots of grape vines,leaves etc
tnx for the advice