Unfortunately, they’re not fertilized. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. He’s away from his cocoon and lies on his side a lot. Thanks very much, (Of course not knowing if any were viable to begin with.) I’m not sure what all I should do to care for both her and the eggs. I don’t want the larvae to eat my hanging plant.
I am going to have to switch back to sweetgum. I found it while searching on Yahoo News.Do you have any suggestions on how to get listed in Yahoo News?I've been trying for a while but I never seem to get there! Then feel free to hit the Tip Jar. I found a polyphemus moth outside laying on the ground and not moving I picked it up by it’s feet and put it in my car to warm it up and then it started wiggling and shaking and the bottom left corner of its wink is chipped.
Binomial name: Antheraea polyphemus (Cramer, 1776) The eggs of Antheraea polyphemus are oval, a little flat, creamy white/brown with a brown ring that runs along the side.
Be sure to put it in some sort of an enclosure so birds and rodents can’t get to it. If the eggs look shriveled up, that’s a different matter.
I don’t sell cocoons. You can keep the moth in a little cage if you have one, or a box. Thanks for your time and help I put it outside in a cage with 1″ holes around 12am and when I brought her inside at 6am she was still alone. At least we'd have a pretty bug, and an interesting caterpillar to poke a stick at. Louise, my moth did this as well, she may lay more eggs but after that her purpose has been filled. I just found a Polyphemus moth on my front porch, shaking with its legs pulled in. I checked some other websites and they appear to be eggs. My grandmother gave me a cocoon she found in her yard and I’m about 80% sure it is a polyphemus. I know where I can get lilac leaves, which I believe they will eat when they hatch, right? Where is the best place and time? Do you think this room would work for this cause.? They are beautiful creatures to look out and live only a very short period of time, Thank you I really appreciate you taking the time to reply back and yes they are beautiful creatures, I found one of these monthes They stank too! I would like to raise as many of them as possible and would appreciate it if you had some tips/information that would help. Hi. 1 hatched beautifully and was released. I have been reading different information about how to raise them so if you have a site or a favorite site please let me know. Please help asap with any advice && did I harm or threat him when removing him from his *web* && will he spin a new one? I brought it inside to show my son and we put it in his bug cage. Good luck! but they are also known to eat: willow, birch ,beech,maple,hickory,honey locust,walnut,pear ,quince,plum,peach,apricot,cherry etc,sassafras,orange,grapefruit,lemon,limes, etc and finaly american elm trees.but if they do take the oak it MUST NOT HAVE PESTICIDES ON IT!!! Do you think they mated? Also maybe a leg. Thanks you. I let her free’d after to lay the rest outside and the males too.. Amazing though-when I realized misting was a mistake I immediately pulled the last eggs out of the container, they were wet and sticky, the moisture had kind of pooled at the bottom and I figured I’d drowned the last eggs for sure. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. ). I kept the eggs in a small tuba wear container to keep moisture out, and once I noticed they hatched I put two maple leaves inside. The very next day he cocooned himself and I decided to keep him (at this time I called it a him even though I couldn’t be sure until it emerged from the cocoon) and watch him “hatch”. I have a polyphemus moth that my cat sadly attacked.. its wings have some tears and lost fur, and it has a punctured abdomen I’m pretty sure (there’s a greenish goo coming out its side a bit) it was just laying in the grass with its wings out but I picked it up and have been sitting with it on my deck for about 10 minutes, it was just still for awhile but now it’s been shaking and it just started climbing around, does anyone know on if it will live or not? How do you know when your polyphemus moth is pregnant. From what I have read, I will not expect to see any Full Grown Poly this year. Since it is still summer here in Montana, will they emerge in two weeks or winter over? Moths want to mate. Have fun! if it were possible and a teacher wanted to try to raise the moths in the fall, would it be a bad idea(could they survive if released in october?) Try propping open the lid a bit or replacing it altogether with a paper towel secured by a rubber band. Sierra . If they hatch..how can i care for them . On my way to work I seen a few birds attacking something so i ran to see what it was and it was one of these little guys everyone is afraid of it. How long do you think until the caterpillar makes it’s cocoon? I had put the eggs on grape leaves to hatch and have now given these babies fresh grape, cherry, maple and oak leaves. In the Midwest and East,
Tracking Dinosaurs at The Walter Kiddie Dinosaur Quarry, Hop Into Acton with the Reptile vs. Amphibian Skin Test - Using Hard Boiled Eggs. How do i care for him what do i feed him is there anyway to mend the damage so he can fly again ? I don’t want to leave them in my box, box was a gift and don’t want it to get more ruined. Update on my eggs to cocoons to giant silk moths! She laid her eggs and we brought them inside…a week later they hatched! she wasn;t damaged or anything and layed a total of 24eggs after mating.
Now that I know this moth’s on borrowed time, I would like to try to raise these eggs to maturity. It’s important to keep the cocoon outside (in an enclosure to keep out of birds’ mouths) so that it remains in tune with the season and hatches at an appropriate time (when it’s warm and the trees have leaves). We thought she did not find a mate because we never saw him. They seem healthy and are cruising around pretty actively. Two weeks later he still hadn’t left the cocoon and from what I researched online this meant he would hatch after winter. I noticed they started to hatch. I also found a Polyphemus caterpillar (in VA about two weeks ago and made a habitat for him.
It shouldn’t be too harmful to the moth and there’s not much you can do to prevent it.
This will be the 2nd generation I’ve raised this year and I want to raise them forever. We put them in with her and I assume one of them was successful in mating with her as no other males showed up tonight and she started laying eggs. It is on our patio and has rips and holes all over its winds. Releasing the over anxious males when necessary. I found a Promethea moth on the siding of my house around 1:00 a.m. this morning. This blog chronicles my experience raising and breeding the Antheraea polyphemus moth (and now other species! I would love for the eggs to hatch and watch the metamorphosis all over again! Any help you can give would be appreciated. It’s definitely early enough in the season for two broods. I continue to change out its leaves though. Thank you! I live outside Tulsa Oklahoma. (Bad Kitty brought me Polyphemus Moth) This morning 6 eggs hatched. I was wondering if they were fertile. Now that the caterpillars (larvae) had emerged out of the eggs, they needed to be fed; based on research I decided to try both river birch and pin oak.
Within an hour of dark it turned out she began laying eggs that appeared fertile within the enclosure and was therefore already mated. Yes, they were “Very Hungry Caterpillars”. Place fresh leaves in the container only when caterpillars begin to emerge. I found a polyphemus moth caterpillar and 7 months later it is hatching. This was the only moth who never spun a cocoon either.. which was weird. I’ve always been intrigued by, and enjoy observing insects. I’m excited for you! Thank you for your time and consideration, To reduce the risk of the moth getting injured and laying eggs everywhere, you should try to capture it and put it back in its cage if you can. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. I’ve been keeping it outside in a safe place on our porch but nothings happened. Polyphemus is a type of Silkworm moth.
— Timothy Sakhuja tsakhuja@gmail.com, On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 6:35 AM, Breeding Polyphemus Moths. We found a polyphemus cocoon in May…it hatched into a female moth. Kids in our summer camp collected a Polyphemus larva this summer and it spun a cocoon before we could set it free. A lot of them were laid on a leaf??? It has been 7 hours since I noticed they hatched and they will not eat.
Hey there. They have a particular ovoid shape that’s easy to distinguish from dead leaves that have failed to drop. Hello, Wow! Congrats on seeing your first Polyphemus moth! The eggs are small and green. willing to bet they will have already started eating by the time you They can easily be hatched on room temperatue, and caterpillars hatch from them in about 10-14 days time. Thanks for your reply and you are correct on all counts, They’re eating and Oak leaves are the leaf of choice! And will her eggs hatch? Im not good w my emails, you could find me in facebook. I check today and it had hatched and also laid eggs everywhere. I thought the male would have stayed with her all day. Tim. Eggs can take up to 3 weeks from the date they’re laid to emerge, so I wouldn’t worry if it hasn’t been that long yet. or replacing it altogether with a paper towel secured by a rubber This is our first experience here with moths and we would have preferred to release it in the spring/summer as it should be, but now after keeping it all winter I’d prefer to not have it die. It’s a female and now has escaped it’s cage after fluttering around last night.