Found this guy tonight on my serviceberry tree! How cool.
cercropia mouth caterpillar in my yard
I ment moth lol
Congrats queenbeez, what's a find! How is the fella doing now?
Lol well the next I found another one! They are doing great munching away getting big.I put a bunch off wood and bark below the tree hoping they make their cocoons there.
Here's what I did at the bottom of the tree.
Yes!!! My plan worked he made his cocoon on my tree! I had to move some of the bark to find him. I still have one more caterpillar up there munching away too.
Awesome!!! Thank you for those great photos.
YAY!! queenbeez! I have found a few great moths in the last few years. They truly rival butterflies for beauty. It started with a Luna moth caterpillar 3 years ago, and since then I have found a Hickory Horned Devil caterpillar, a Promethea Caterpillar and an Imperial moth Caterpillar. All of which(except the Horned Devil) I brought inside and fed its host until it coccooned and eclosed. They are SO amazing!
The Cecropia Moth is on my must see list, because my mom had a tattoo of one. When she was a child she had one land on her shoulder where it stayed for a long time fluttering its wings. She told me it was as if it was whispering a secret in her ear.