Mothra!!! now what??

[Psychobunny]

So,I had placed 3 cocoons in a small terrarium with some egg cartons and now I have 3 silkworm moths!!
What do I do with them !!??

What do they eat? the same stuff as the worms?

Will they lay eggs in there and do I need to put something in for them to lay the eggs on?

Or, should I forget about them laying eggs and feed them to my Jacksons?

 

[reptoman]

They dont have any mouth parts to eat. Their sole purpose as moths is to find a mate, lay eggs if female and die. If you have opposite sex moths they should do what comes naturally. Here is an old thread with a lot of info on silkmoths

https://www.chameleonforums.com/silkworms-101-a-7906/index2.html

 

[sandrachameleon]

They dont have any mouth parts to eat. Their sole purpose as moths is to find a mate, lay eggs if female and die. If you have opposite sex moths they should do what comes naturally. Here is an old thread with a lot of info on silkmoths

https://www.chameleonforums.com/silkworms-101-a-7906/index2.html

ditto the above

You may as well see if you get eggs, and then feed them off afterwards

 

[Branman]

Once the female lays her eggs, you can feed them off. She might attach to another make, but we wont lay eggs again. So after your female lays the eggs, you should feed her off.

 

[Psychobunny]

Today all the cocoons hatched, so I have 3 moths!!

I put all my silkies in a large Critter-Keeper with a faux screen floor for the worm poop to go through, but the little worms cant fit.

I hate to see any of my feeders wallowing and marinating in their our poop!!