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Refuge51 · 04-14-2008, 09:30 AM

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Dang, dang, dang. DH brought her in after she'd hung on the porch for days. I thought she must be in the process of dying after what I'd read here. Wrong!

I'd decided to give her a nice, soft place to "pass", so I put her on a soft towel and covered her with a clear bowl making sure she had air. Overnight I now have a towel covered in eggs! This should be a challenge to relocate.

Oh that's great!! You're a godmother

gonzo · 04-14-2008, 07:25 PM

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Oh that's great!! You're a godmother

The saga of mags and her green wigglies, lol.

gonzo · 04-16-2008, 05:39 PM

My godchildren, lol...

gonzo · 04-16-2008, 05:45 PM

Refuge51 · 04-16-2008, 06:07 PM

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Thank you so much, I'm honored!

gonzo · 04-29-2008, 10:38 AM

Ref at four days old, lol.

Man, these Luna Moths are not an easy project. After hatching on the 24th 95% of them just died. (And I made sure conditions were spot on according to everything I read on raising them.) The 5% then mostly died within two days, and I have maybe 6 left that are actually growing. The two small ones in the pic are dead...I left them for comparison.

Refuge51 · 04-29-2008, 10:53 AM

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Ref at four days old, lol.

Man, these Luna Moths are not an easy project. After hatching on the 24th 95% of them just died. (And I made sure conditions were spot on according to everything I read on raising them.) The 5% then mostly died within two days, and I have maybe 6 left that are actually growing. The two small ones in the pic are dead...I left them for comparison.

Well, it was just meant to be..only the strong survive. But what a cutie that one is that did survive. Thank goodness the one you named after me isn't one of the dead ones!

BleedingPinky · 05-03-2008, 04:33 AM

Maybe it´s due to that plastic tupperware? I don´t know. I raised a bunch of ´gusanos de seda´(can´t remember how it´s spelled in english, my bad) in plain shoe boxes. Toilet tissues and morera (White mulberry?) leafs. The only thing they ate. And man they liked it.

Refuge51 · 05-03-2008, 09:42 AM

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Maybe it´s due to that plastic tupperware? I don´t know. I raised a bunch of ´gusanos de seda´(can´t remember how it´s spelled in english, my bad) in plain shoe boxes. Toilet tissues and morera (White mulberry?) leafs. The only thing they ate. And man they liked it.

Great tips! Thanks

gonzo · 05-03-2008, 05:56 PM

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Maybe it´s due to that plastic tupperware? I don´t know. I raised a bunch of ´gusanos de seda´(can´t remember how it´s spelled in english, my bad) in plain shoe boxes. Toilet tissues and morera (White mulberry?) leafs. The only thing they ate. And man they liked it.

These lil jokers scale the sides of the tupperware like there's no tomorrow. I can't imagine them in a shoe box, lol. They're 1/2" now, and starting to exhibit some sort of torpor like state. This is too small for a cocoon yet, so I'm guessing it's another growth spurt?

I am SO out of my element here.

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gonzo strange brew Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: woods Posts: 1,734 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 74 Thanked 56 Times in 35 Posts	Hey Ref!
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gonzo strange brew Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: woods Posts: 1,734 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 74 Thanked 56 Times in 35 Posts	Here's Ref Ref at four days old, lol. Man, these Luna Moths are not an easy project. After hatching on the 24th 95% of them just died. (And I made sure conditions were spot on according to everything I read on raising them.) The 5% then mostly died within two days, and I have maybe 6 left that are actually growing. The two small ones in the pic are dead...I left them for comparison.
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BleedingPinky Wind me up. Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sevilla Posts: 934 My Mood: Thanks: 15 Thanked 20 Times in 17 Posts	Maybe it´s due to that plastic tupperware? I don´t know. I raised a bunch of ´gusanos de seda´(can´t remember how it´s spelled in english, my bad) in plain shoe boxes. Toilet tissues and morera (White mulberry?) leafs. The only thing they ate. And man they liked it.
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