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Today we woke up to TONS of little tiny 1/4" long cecropia moth caterpillars crawling around our cage! (see earlier blog posts for how we got the eggs - in nature category or archives) We spent much time taking them out and putting them in smaller containers and getting food for them. We tried both apple tree leaves and lilac bush leaves and both seemed to be eaten by caterpillars.
They're really cute and furry. The kids enjoyed seeing them crawling all over. We were able to see one that was coming out of its egg and one that was eating its egg right after hatching. I'm glad we seem to have food that they'll eat! We probably have at least 50 if not more caterpillars and still have some eggs that haven't hatched yet.
We'll probably set a bunch free on host plants after a little while as they get bigger. I'm trying to find some homeschoolers or others in the area who might want to raise some. Here's the pics of our caterpillars and a pic of a stick with some of the unhatched eggs on it.
Cute little Cecropia Moth caterpillars. They change colors as they grow and shed their skin.
Cute little Cecropia Moth caterpillars. They change colors as they grow and shed their skin.
Unhatched eggs. Plenty more caterpillars coming!
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