Sphinx moths

[ridgebax1]

So I let about 2 dozen hormworms pupate. Unfortunately I forgot about them a bit too long and lost all but about 8. Of those 8 all but 2 hatched into moths; a few had stunted wings but I have 3 apparently healthy normal looking moths who just hang on the screen. There is no flying, no feeding and most importantly NO moth sex. I remember silkworm moths would mate with anything that stood still long enough but these guys are doing absolutely nothing. What might be wrong with them? The hummingbird feeder I got does not have the little yellow stations just red flower shapes. I did not get a big one because I did not think it would fit in the cage I have set up for them. Should I just toss these moths out to be free and try again, being more mindful of the timing from pupa to hatching?

 

[reptileguy112]

Those things are awesome. You basically, care for humming bird moths is like a chameleon but feed it with a hummingbird feeder. http://www.clubfauna.com/articles/invertebrates/breeding-hornworms/

 

[ridgebax1]

I have them set up in a small reptibreeze with a hummingbird feeder, a piece of driftwood for perching but still no feeding or moth sex

 

[reptileguy112]

Get a shallow bowl and get a completely unused sponge and soak it in the humming bird liquid also add about half a cm of extra fluid to the bowl. BTW how do you make your humming bird feed?

 

[ridgebax1]

Get a shallow bowl and get a completely unused sponge and soak it in the humming bird liquid also add about half a cm of extra fluid to the bowl. BTW how do you make your humming bird feed?

I bought the premade kind.