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Stratos
Czech Republic6104 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/MtJ9xaJ.jpg) This young fella must have dropped down on me in the forest yesterday and it felt too comfortable, I assume? I took the pic, packed it back together and put it back in my wardrobe. The question now is how do I best keep it comfy? The sweatshirt was somewhat wet when I returned yesterday, so now I'm afraid he won't like it anymore. TL please help me save my family    | ||
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N.geNuity
United States5112 Posts
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MarklarMarklarr
Fiji226 Posts
salt and pepper you are good to go | ||
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zdfgucker
China594 Posts
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Paljas
Germany6926 Posts
when they are this old, you just have to let them go. | ||
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Stratos
Czech Republic6104 Posts
On June 29 2013 21:31 Paljas wrote: maybe you should but it back to the forest. when they are this old, you just have to let them go. I'm considering that, too. But there's the fact that it started doing its silk thing and based on a pic like this: + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/gallery_for_colorbox/species_images/thymelicus_lineola_pupa_raisingbutterflies.jpg) ..it might as well be pretty much all it's got in store (and apparently some caterpillars stop eating altogether at a certain point in time). Also, if I'm returning it I'd like to find out what type of caterpillar it is first to find a nice spot for it. So it might not be that simple :s | ||
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sGs.FroZen
United States38 Posts
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Saechiis
Netherlands4989 Posts
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N.geNuity
United States5112 Posts
they grow up so fast | ||
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Stratos
Czech Republic6104 Posts
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LaNague
Germany9118 Posts
you dont want it to starve to death. | ||
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OmniEulogy
Canada6600 Posts
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LaNague
Germany9118 Posts
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Incze
Romania2058 Posts
It looks fluorescent in that pic | ||
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Stratos
Czech Republic6104 Posts
On June 29 2013 23:28 LaNague wrote: are you sure it doesnt need to feed anymore? you dont want it to starve to death. I haven't asked, but it still hasn't moved an inch from the spot. I don't know how their behaviour works but I'd expect any insect (aside from perhaps a social insect unit separated from its colony) to at least start moving in any direction if they felt the need to feed more. Even if it doesn't have any appropriate signals coming from any side, I'd still expect that, but I might be wrong.. I'm thinking it's either really keen on 1. protecting itself by staying under the radar or 2. it just doesn't want to feed. It isn't hurt at all at least as far as I'm able to tell. If they only eat one type of leaf and I dump it in the wrong part of the forest it might as well be the final blow. The look of the forest I drive through changes quite rapidly like every 200 metres -_- Thinking about it though, there is a part of the forest that is particularly green (and yeah this guy really looks bright green like that). It's made of little birch trees and I drive an animal track through there so it's also the most likely place it could've dropped on me. I guess I'll let it stay the night and if it doesn't do anything about the place it found (like re-attach itself to the silk), I'll try to take it there tomorrow and see what it thinks. In the meanwhile, I'm searching for birch caterpillars -o- parenting is hard, holy shit. | ||
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Eufouria
United Kingdom4425 Posts
I guess you should just try and put it in a jar with some leaves, maybe some from the forest you were in and see if it eats, and if it doesn't maybe it's gonna spin a cocoon. | ||
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sGs.FroZen
United States38 Posts
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slained
Canada966 Posts
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Race is Terran
United States382 Posts
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Stratos
Czech Republic6104 Posts
Meanwhile I brought it various leaves from the forest but it hasn't eaten. It's been spinning a little again to close the gap and over this night its body started turning brown, which means it's either dying or starting its cocoon (according to various sites at least). When I was checking on it, it moved rapidly so at least it's not dead already. | ||
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MaestroSC
United States2073 Posts
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ninazerg
United States7291 Posts
Anyhow, "I have a caterpillar"? Not-so-subtle brag blog. | ||
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Stratos
Czech Republic6104 Posts
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KaRath_
Australia245 Posts
Hopefully :D | ||
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Stratos
Czech Republic6104 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/wEC29qW.jpg) I didn't have the chance to see it, but apparently it happened and the little guy managed to get out of the glass and leave the appartment, or at least hide somewhere. The shell is all light and empty now, while just a day ago I shook it up a bit to see if it was dead or what and it could still twist its little body. I though they were completely immobile in this stage. I'm not sure how I feel yet, it'll probably take some time to process it. | ||
Myles
United States5162 Posts
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
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Stratos
Czech Republic6104 Posts
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
On July 14 2013 23:57 Stratos wrote: Yeah like 2 weeks. It started morphing on July 1st (http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=419341#20) Ah, didn't see that timestamp | ||
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Monsen
Germany2548 Posts
This might help you. | ||
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