Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Woohoo!!! A Rothschildia lebeau forbesi - Forbes' Silkmoth, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Moth # 2
Egg laid 10/13/07
Caterpillar hatched 10/19/07
Caterpillar pupated 12/29/07
Moth eclosed 02/04/08

The second one emerged early this morning.

I believe this one is a female. The abdomen is much bigger. Have sent photos to the San Antonio moth-man so probably won't know until I get home from work tonight and read my email.

I've put 'her' in the reptarium outside...just in case it is a female - her scent will hopefully attract a male from the neighborhood. If so, I should see some moth activity in the yard Tuesday night. If it turns out it's not a female...oh well, I'll release him tonight.

~ Cat

This is the booty end...quite big...so am hoping it's a female!



This message was edited Feb 4, 2008 10:22 AM