Hornworm Pupal ready
- Thread starter draetish
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ColorCham427
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make sure you keep the pupae nice and warm... not sure why they are not hatching for you? how warm are you keeping them?
draetish
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I have a 25 watt bulb that's on 12-14 hours a day as well as a "dusk" light that's on all the time. What is the ideal temp?
FroggtheCham
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Don't give up yet!!! Depending on ur temp, they could take up to 2+ months to hatch. 
ColorCham427
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Make it 85 degrees. summertime baby yea!
draetish
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Right on, should I change from a 25 watt bulb to 40?
PsychoRep
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like 4 years ago i first saw some huge caterpillars in our families tomato plant and i was oh wow so i decided to keep some i feed them tomato leaves and then they turned to pupae i kept them outside and after a few weeks they came out and was amazed how big they are i believe they can handle some type of temp and i hope they come out all right best of luck.
CleaTheChameleon
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Yes congrats. i cant wait for some eggs!
FroggtheCham
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Yay!!! Glad to hear the news!!! Fingers are still crossed that it all works out!!
hondataeg6
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NICE... The others should be hatching pretty soon. Good Job.
draetish
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Have you bred them before? got any pointers?
hondataeg6
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Nope, just being positive. But i did some reaserch and heres an AWESOME link with some great info on breeding, here you go...
http://www.chameleonnews.com/?page=article&id=57
Texas Panther Man
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Great news Donna, your gonna turn into the bug lady. lol
draetish
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Texas Panther Man
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I know ive been called much worse. lol
draetish
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Okay, so their hatching out at different times and I finally have two at the same time. They don't look right to me and hopefully a bug expert can tell me what I'm doing wrong. They can't fly and their wings look deformed. I thought they where suppose to be bigger than 2".
