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

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TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Moth # 2:

Egg laid 10/13/07
Caterpillar hatched 10/19/07
Caterpillar pupated 12/29/07
Moth eclosed 02/04/08

Another photo...I still can't tell by the antenna...so I'm leaning towards the abdomen as a tell tale sign. If it's female...she's supposed to have a good 250 to 300 ova in there just waiting for a male to fertilize them!!!

~ Cat


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