Silky eating my Ficus tree

[Highway61]

I have a feeder in my cham's viv that is small, not the best so occasionally a silkworm will escape it. So yesterday I noticed a silkie eating a leaf the Ficus tree. So by the time I found my phone to take the picture, the worm was gone! I haven't seen any other leaves that look like they were eaten but I did throw out the worm that was (now) at the bottom. Is this likely to happen or was I just seeing things?

 

[JacksJill]

I've had silks eat other leaves than mulberry by accident but they didn't eat that much. They will eat carrot if you run out of food.

 

[Highway61]

Thanks. I have the solid food that Costal Silkworms provides with the silkworm pod and keep a bit in the feeder. My cham doesn't seem enamored with the silkies so if they escape the feeder, they have free roam.

 

[JacksJill]

Mine are on them like white on rice.

 

[Highway61]

I was expecting the same I'll occasionally see him take a dubia and a silkie but he just prefers circkets to anything else. This week I ran out of crickets and haven't got him any yet.

 

[JacksJill]

I should have said so before good call on getting rid of it after it ate the ficus leaf. It might have been fine but why risk it.

 

[Chameleomom]

That looks like a veild taking bites out of leaves. They are known to eat plants

 

[Highway61]

Did you catch the three little horns in the background of that picture I posted?

 

[Chameleomom]

Yea I did after I looked at avatar closer. The circle somewhat cuts them off. Still looks like bites out of the plant

 

[JacksJill]

I have had one of my males take rare bites out of my umbrella plant but nothing like what a veiled can do.

 

[Highway61]

Well I thought I saw the silkie munching that leaf and turned away for a second...and the worm was at the bottom!

 

[Highway61]

Yea I did after I looked at avatar closer. The circle somewhat cuts them off. Still looks like bites out of the plant

Sorry, not my poorly formatted avitar but Jack lurking in the back, lol

 

[JacksJill]

It was probably the silkworm Jackson's rarely take a bite and it will be triangle shaped.