Thursday, July 29, 2010

Vapourer Moth

A couple of weeks ago we found a lovely Vapourer Moth caterpillar on a Pelargonium in our back garden and decided to rear it.

Today it hatched into a wingless female. We transferred it onto the garden fence, next to an apple tree, along with its cocoon.

Within half an hour it had attracted a (winged) male and shortly afterwards the female began laying eggs. By 5pm there were 150 to 200 eggs and we'll be keeping an eye on them to see when they hatch.