Regal Moth - Citheronia regalis

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Copyright © 2009 GValHart

Regal Moth - Citheronia regalis

Abington, PA, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 14, 2009
Size: 5"

Anyone know what these eat?
Would love to keep it long enough to watch it metamorphise

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Contributed by GValHart on 14 September, 2009 - 1:19pm

Moved

Moved from Arthropods.

… GValHart, 14 September, 2009 - 1:22pm

earth pupater.

they pupate in the earth.
it has been dicovered that you can pupate them in a dark container with a few paper towels, then overwinter them in a cool place above freezing.
if he was crawling on the ground he is ready. however at least one of those eggs has hatched and the pasasite is inside him.
if you scrape the others off he may make it, but probably not..

… Edna Woodward, 14 September, 2009 - 5:13pm

It's a shame

I couldn't get any of the eggs off him and the wife refused to let us keep it over winter, so we let it go.
Let Nature take its course, I guess.
I hope it makes it.

… GValHart, 14 September, 2009 - 5:29pm

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