Hornworm Moth Snack

[Dyesub Dave]

Well ... I believe my 5 yr. old male veiled has started to occasionally eat crickets again as that's all I've been able to give him lately except for the occasional grape half which he also doesn't seem to mind.

However he got a nice treat the other day. I opened up his cage to spray him and noticed the HUGE moth on the side of the enclosure. For a second I was shocked and then slowly realized that it must have been from a hornworm that he hadn't eaten. I didn't even see the cocoon anywhere in his cage but when he saw the moth he didn't take long to gulp it down.

Too bad I couldn't get more moths like that for him to eat as he seems to have no problem with them. Maybe I'll just let a bunch of hormworms loose in his cage and see what happens!! LOL

Dyesub Dave.

 

[Nicodemayo]

haha i have some silkworms that cacooned in both my chams cages and im leaving them there. They cacooned about a week and a half ago. idk how long it takes silworms to turn to moths but i hope to see them hatch out and get eaten lol.

 

[lele]

I didn't even see the cocoon anywhere in his cage

they are subterranean pupators. It would have either made its way into a pot or manged to pupate in some out of the way place and remained undisturbed. What you can do in the future is let some of your feeding stock reach near pupal stage (they will begin to wander), place them on top of soil in a plant and they will burrow in. Provided your plant does not get heavily watered (or you will suffocate it) it will pupate and climb out in about a 1-3 months. or, you can designate a pot of soil in your set up to place a few (you don't want to crowd them) of them in and just keep the soil barely moist.