@haileylindsley All the eggs from this moth were reared to adults (those which survived, anyway) for the next generation... I worked with this species for nearly 6 years, studying its life cycle and rearing quite a few generations of them. :-)
A moth did this on my bedroom wall last night and then died for some reason. Now there's over a hundred unhatched moth eggs on my wall, waiting to start a family in my room!
Moths are funny like that... Some species don't eat as adults and have only the energy stored in their bodies (as fat from when they were caterpillars) to sustain them. They have only a few days to find a mate, and then lay all their eggs before they run out of gas and die. The eggs of most species hatch in 10-20 days. You can carefully scrape them off of the wall and put them on an appropriate host plant, if you can determine the moth species and its acceptable hosts. :-)
From the eggs I reared an entire brood of these moths. Many of the documentary images you see on my website came from the eggs you see here. :-)
On the wings is a small piece of waxed paper and tiny metal clip, to hold her wings over her back while she oviposits. The moths are "programmed" by nature to fly around a lot, then oviposit in cycles. However, if she were allowed to fly around the room, she would probably hurt herself from smashing into things! :-)
Saturniids are funny like that - they don't seem to care where the eggs go, at least not in captivity. In the wild they must be more particular, since the eggs have to go on the right host plants if the larvae are to survive.
In captivity, one of the best ways to get eggs from this family of moths is to put the the mated female into a large paper bag, and she will happily lay all her eggs inside. :D
what did you do with the eggs?
haileylindsley 3 weeks ago
@haileylindsley All the eggs from this moth were reared to adults (those which survived, anyway) for the next generation... I worked with this species for nearly 6 years, studying its life cycle and rearing quite a few generations of them. :-)
JcmdiStockFootage 3 weeks ago
A moth did this on my bedroom wall last night and then died for some reason. Now there's over a hundred unhatched moth eggs on my wall, waiting to start a family in my room!
levimoreno 7 months ago 2
Moths are funny like that... Some species don't eat as adults and have only the energy stored in their bodies (as fat from when they were caterpillars) to sustain them. They have only a few days to find a mate, and then lay all their eggs before they run out of gas and die. The eggs of most species hatch in 10-20 days. You can carefully scrape them off of the wall and put them on an appropriate host plant, if you can determine the moth species and its acceptable hosts. :-)
jcmegabyte 7 months ago
-oh how weird~ what did you do with the eggs?
-what's on the wings?
animunki 2 years ago
From the eggs I reared an entire brood of these moths. Many of the documentary images you see on my website came from the eggs you see here. :-)
On the wings is a small piece of waxed paper and tiny metal clip, to hold her wings over her back while she oviposits. The moths are "programmed" by nature to fly around a lot, then oviposit in cycles. However, if she were allowed to fly around the room, she would probably hurt herself from smashing into things! :-)
jcmegabyte 2 years ago
It's incredibible!! On a finger!!
sabrina3309 3 years ago
Saturniids are funny like that - they don't seem to care where the eggs go, at least not in captivity. In the wild they must be more particular, since the eggs have to go on the right host plants if the larvae are to survive.
In captivity, one of the best ways to get eggs from this family of moths is to put the the mated female into a large paper bag, and she will happily lay all her eggs inside. :D
jcmegabyte 3 years ago
Seriously, wash your hands dude. <g>
chrisbord 4 years ago
Dude, that wasn't an egg, it was poop!! :)
chrisbord 4 years ago
Hahaha - a poop that hatched! Does that make the caterpillar a little SH*T?! :)
jcmegabyte 4 years ago 2