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In this video Dr. Laura Iles has found a giant silk worm caterpillar. She is pretty convinced it is a luna moth caterpillar but wants to make sure.
Here's a few tips from the Bug Lady about collecting caterpillars:
Do your homework—identify the species of caterpillar you have, know what its larval food is, and provide a fresh supply daily. Caterpillars are notoriously picky eaters and will starve to death surrounded by the wrong food. If you can’t ID it, don’t collect it. If you already collected it, put it back where it was. Exactly.
Make sure the cage is roomy. Think of a moth with a 4 to 6 inch wingspan pumping up and flapping its wings inside (the BugLady has seen unfortunate butterflies and moths with crinkled wings, unable to fly because they did not have enough room to stretch as their wings solidified). Make sure the top of the cage is large. That moth with the 4+ inch wingspan also has to be able to exit the cage.
Keep the cage and cocoon at outside temperatures over the winter, and remember to check on it very frequently in spring and early summer so the adult can be released (if you’re likely to forget about it, leave the top off). At indoor temperatures, the moths will emerge earlier, when there are no other moths around to play with.
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