I’m going to attempt to raise 412 Luna Moth Caterpillars

[_Kayla_]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhGGIKH9T5s&feature=player_embedded#at=127[/media]
What dripped off its butt at 2:14?

[CharadesV2]

Wow! Reading the OP was a lot of fun, thanks for that Postal.

I wish the Imperial didn't die though, that was such a tragic loss. :(

[coup]

God damn Postal, they are so cute! I guess I should make a thread on what I'm nurturing: [b]4 Green Iguanas, 16 African House Geckos, 1 Glass Snake, and 1 Flat-Headed Agama.[/b] All wild caught.

So far I've tamed all but the geckos, even then the Agama (Nalla) and Glass Snake (Jimmy) are still a bit jumpy when you pick them up at first.

[kaine123]

Oh god when those caterpillars were on your hands. I could never stomach that sort of thing. :suicide:

[TEAMGiant]

Talk about nostalgia from when I first joined, I loved this thread.

[thrawn2787]

Only catipillar I've ever raised was a wooly bear

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/IC_Pyrrharctia_isabella_caterpillar.JPG/800px-IC_Pyrrharctia_isabella_caterpillar.JPG[/img]

The moths they turn into aren't that cool. What area of the US do you live in postal to get such colorful moths?

[mastfire]

raise atlas moths are the biggest moths in the world and big as 270–280 mm (11in)

[DrBones]

[QUOTE=mastfire;30602409]raise atlas moths are the biggest moths in the world and big as 270–280 mm (11in)[/QUOTE]

Tie a bunch of them to yourself and go motherfucking flying.

[Checkers]

its cool how to big ones look exactly like the smalls ones just scaled up

[mastfire]

and here the pic of an atlas moth
[URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/89/attacusatlascat.jpg/][IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9530/attacusatlascat.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[Fire Cracker]

[QUOTE=postal;30599042]I still found this the craziest part

[img]http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/054/7/6/Newly_hatched_luna_moth_2_by_postal_crazylegs.jpg[/img]

It was like he was 50% moth and 50% caterpillar. He was not only walking with his new legs, but wriggling his body like a caterpillar at the same time. It wasn't until he held still to let his wings fill up that he pulled in the caterpillar body and stopped wriggling it around, which i think was because all the fluid was going from that extra long body, into the (soon to be) giant wings.

Metamorphosis is fucking crazy.[/QUOTE]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=755f0iUuJY0&feature=related[/media]

[Checkers]

I wish I knew how to not find this gross

[Whatisthis]

This thread reminded me of:

[img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ys2g7CjKUEQ/TaS4NQVV1wI/AAAAAAAAANk/Ne8UrZ7prOc/s1600/1138-0.jpg[/img]

[Dunkus]

Holy shit I remember this thread. Still, postal, great job.

[Dryvnt]

I find this thread fucking terrifying.
Especially the videos.

[haunted]

How did you get them to simply stay on your hand? Weren't you afraid you'd have 20+ 5 inch moths flying in your face and around your house? I really respect how chill you are around them, wish i could be as badass but i'm a pansy when it comes to any insect type creatures.

[mikester112]

OP I believe that one day the moths will repay you some way.

[Itsjustguy]

[QUOTE=mikester112;30604679]OP I believe that one day the moths will repay you some way.[/QUOTE]

By eating a double D girls clothes off.

[Nexus435]

never thought this would be so interesting

[-n3o-]

Great read postal, you did an awesome job at being a mother for these moths.

[buttspoonce]

[QUOTE=postal;30599042]I still found this the craziest part

[img]http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/054/7/6/Newly_hatched_luna_moth_2_by_postal_crazylegs.jpg[/img]

It was like he was 50% moth and 50% caterpillar. He was not only walking with his new legs, but wriggling his body like a caterpillar at the same time. It wasn't until he held still to let his wings fill up that he pulled in the caterpillar body and stopped wriggling it around, which i think was because all the fluid was going from that extra long body, into the (soon to be) giant wings.

Metamorphosis is fucking crazy.[/QUOTE]

that is actually interesting as fuck.

good to see this thread back potsal

[veDemaG]

Meanwhile, I'm sitting in my basement and I freak the fuck out when I see a moth

[coup]

Why is everyone afraid of moths of all things? I have HUNDREDS of the damn things flying around my house, all I have to do is smack 'em. I actually find this thread quite cute, especially these pictures:

[quote]
[img]http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/068/8/0/Luna_Moth___Sneaking_a_peek_by_postal_crazylegs.jpg[/img]
[img]http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/068/0/0/Luna_moth___Emerging_by_postal_crazylegs.jpg[/img]
[/quote]

[Uni]

I'm terrified of bugs except for caterpillars and moths/butterflies. I don't know why, I'm seriously more afraid of house flies. I used to have 3 hickory horned devil caterpillars in my room.

[img]http://hilarynelson.com/Hobbies/Bugs/HickoryHornedDevilCaterpillar/Images/DSCN0973.JPG[/img]

I also had a cecropia caterpillar like shown in the OP.

I let them out for the summer after they turned into moths, it was pretty cool seeing them flutter off into the trees.

[postal]

[QUOTE=Haunted;30604668]How did you get them to simply stay on your hand? [/QUOTE]

Big moths are really chill. So long as your gentle and thus keep them calm, you can pick them up and carry them around most of the time.

[QUOTE=Second-gear-of-mgear;30599069]I was outside once, there was a black caterpillar that had black spikes all over it.

Do you know what those turn into? And do those spikes on any caterpillar ever sting or something?[/QUOTE]

I can't tell you without seeing a picture of it. And I'm not sure what you mean in that last sentence. Sometimes spikes on a caterpillar are just for show, or to make it hard to swallow them.

[QUOTE=thrawn2787;30600723]Only catipillar I've ever raised was a wooly bear

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/IC_Pyrrharctia_isabella_caterpillar.JPG/800px-IC_Pyrrharctia_isabella_caterpillar.JPG[/img]

The moths they turn into aren't that cool. What area of the US do you live in postal to get such colorful moths?[/QUOTE]

Wooly bears kick ass. And I live in the south east.[QUOTE=_Kent_;30599270][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhGGIKH9T5s&feature=player_embedded#at=127[/media]
What dripped off its butt at 2:14?[/QUOTE]
I don't know what it's called, but newly emerge butterflies and moths sometimes squirt out that stuff. Nasty stuff.

[meepugh]

We only get these kind around here.
[img]http://campeltesoro.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/dscn00461.jpg[/img]

[Meloan]

Wow. Old thread. Anyways, this farm in New Hampshire I go to every other summer has a couple Luna Moths. They're awesome.

[aznz888]

[B]FLY PUPA!!!!!!!! FLYYYYYYYY[/B]

lolhs

[thrawn2787]

[QUOTE=Meloan;30620421]Wow. Old thread. Anyways, this farm in New Hampshire I go to every other summer has a couple Luna Moths. They're awesome.[/QUOTE]

Wait so we do we luna moths where I live (NH)? Damn I've never seen one in all my 20ish years of living here

[breakyourface]

[QUOTE=breakyourfac;18787377]Damn nice job postal, you and your bug threads :3:

Any idea what Caterpillar this guy is, he was found in Michigan.

[IMG]http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r88/jakemuzzo/IMG_0226.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r88/jakemuzzo/IMG_0228.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]

Jesus christ I made that post a long time ago.

This thread was great, I loved all of postal's threads like this, he needs his own blog or youtube channel or something.