#if they don’t pupate in a week I have to hunt down a box elder tree in a new neighborhood and I’m worried | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

pallanophblargh · 1 year ago

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Wrangling the Children onto some fresh leaves. The Cecropia Kids are over 40 days old and still growing, and I’m starting to worry they won’t pupate in before I leave on vacation . Granted, I’m sure everything will be ok but it’s in my nature to worry over multi-legged invertebrate children. I just love larvae.

(Forgive the frass, I cleaned it out shortly after getting all the cats onto fresh food)

#hyalophora cecropia #cecropia moth #caterpillars #invertebrates #larvae #bugs #insect #bug keeping #I love these guys so much #they walk right onto my hands and it tickles!#I wash my hands for their safety and only handle very lightly and only when coaxing them into new food #they’re very chill and docile #if they don’t pupate in a week I have to hunt down a box elder tree in a new neighborhood and I’m worried #will it be good enough for the children? I hope so

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