Frangipani caterpillar

[lynyrd cham]

Hey guys!

I have a quick question. I have found some horned caterpillars in my neighbors back yard and they are huge! My veiled loves the tomato horn worms and was wondering if anyone knows if these guys are safe for him to eat? They are called frangipani caterpillars. Thanks!

 

[Andee]

From the colors they display I would say no.

 

[lynyrd cham]

From the colors they display I would say no.

That's what I was thinking and tried to research, but a lot of insects display bright odd like colors to repel predators to make them think they are poisonous?

 

[Matt Vanilla Gorilla]

As far as I know, the frame frangipani plant is poisonous! So I would personally not feed those to my chameleon!

 

[lynyrd cham]

As far as I know, the frame frangipani plant is poisonous! So I would personally not feed those to my chameleon!

Thank you so much! I will definitely get rid of them!

 

[Andee]

Well they a lot do display false colors, but I'd rather be careful than be sorry.

 

[Matt Vanilla Gorilla]

They might become beautiful butterflies!

 

[lynyrd cham]

The other question I have is that my Cham won't eat crickets any more. I'm assuming that he is burned out on them and tried dubia roaches and he won't touch them. He loves horn worms and supers but those are only for treats from what I've read. Any advice on getting him to eat crickets again?

 

[lynyrd cham]

Well they a lot do display false colors, but I'd rather be careful than be sorry.

Yea I am just going to get rid of them. Thanks for your help!

 

[Alexander1]

Don't give him anything to eat for a while, my Cham almost went a month without eating anything, it drove me crazy. Remove all signs of crickets from his cage, no feeders for a couple days and then offer crickets, I've rotated from crickets to silkworms, hornworms, bsf, walking sticks, superworms, then back to crickets

 

[alphakenc]

Here is more info on the
Frangipani caterpillar,and they are not safe for the chameleon
http://susanleachsnyder.com/Conservancy Butterfly Garden/FrangipaniMoth.html

 

[lynyrd cham]

Here is more info on the
Frangipani caterpillar,and they are not safe for the chameleon
http://susanleachsnyder.com/Conservancy Butterfly Garden/FrangipaniMoth.html

Awesome, thanks for your help!

 

[lynyrd cham]

Don't give him anything to eat for a while, my Cham almost went a month without eating anything, it drove me crazy. Remove all signs of crickets from his cage, no feeders for a couple days and then offer crickets, I've rotated from crickets to silkworms, hornworms, bsf, walking sticks, superworms, then back to crickets

I will try that out! Thank you very much!

 

[lynyrd cham]

Don't give him anything to eat for a while, my Cham almost went a month without eating anything, it drove me crazy. Remove all signs of crickets from his cage, no feeders for a couple days and then offer crickets, I've rotated from crickets to silkworms, hornworms, bsf, walking sticks, superworms, then back to crickets

Where do you get the walking sticks from?

 

[Alexander1]

Where do you get the walking sticks from?

@nick barta is a site sponsor he has some cool feeders