carbyville
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Well, I went for it and I am happy to say that I have successfully bred hornworms/hawk months!
I started with a typical hornworm pod and when my cham decided to stop eating for a week - a week where it was in the 90s here - I had all of these hornworms growing and nothing to do with them. So, I let them pupate and got them set up in an extra Reptibreeze.
By the time all the worms were used up, I had about 20 pupated worms. Last week, 5 of them hatched out and now today, I have over 100 eggs and about a dozen that have hatched and more that are starting to hatch.
There are still 14 pupated worms (7 girls 7 boys - perfect!) that should be hatching in the next week or two (hoping they haven't gone into diapause though with our weird and ever fluctuating weather), so I should have more hornworms than I'll know what to do with before long. I volunteer at a herp rescue/education center, so I'm going to share some of my hard work with the animals there. I'm sure they'll be more than appreciative
I started with a typical hornworm pod and when my cham decided to stop eating for a week - a week where it was in the 90s here - I had all of these hornworms growing and nothing to do with them. So, I let them pupate and got them set up in an extra Reptibreeze.
By the time all the worms were used up, I had about 20 pupated worms. Last week, 5 of them hatched out and now today, I have over 100 eggs and about a dozen that have hatched and more that are starting to hatch.
There are still 14 pupated worms (7 girls 7 boys - perfect!) that should be hatching in the next week or two (hoping they haven't gone into diapause though with our weird and ever fluctuating weather), so I should have more hornworms than I'll know what to do with before long. I volunteer at a herp rescue/education center, so I'm going to share some of my hard work with the animals there. I'm sure they'll be more than appreciative