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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Agaristinae » Alypia » Eight-spotted Forester - Hodges#9314 (Alypia octomaculata)
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Alypia octomaculata? - Alypia octomaculata
Copyright © 2012 Victor Engel

Alypia octomaculata? - Alypia octomaculata
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
April 16, 2012
Size: 3cm or so
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Contributed by Victor Engel on 17 April, 2012 - 5:14pm

I don't know how, but all but
I don't know how, but all but one of the caterpillars I was rearing have disappeared. The one that didn't drowned in the water that was keeping the grape branch alive. Next time I'll add some tissue or something around the stem.

I have no idea what happened to the others. They were contained in a butterfly keeper.
… Victor Engel, 20 April, 2012 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Maybe something like
… John R. Maxwell, 20 April, 2012 - 4:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Good idea. I used a beer bott
Good idea. I used a beer bottle into which 4 grape stems were inserted. That didn't leave much room, but it was enough for one caterpillar to pass.
… Victor Engel, 20 April, 2012 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Frass. This is nice!
… John R. Maxwell, 17 April, 2012 - 5:17pm login or register to post comments

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