J Darcy 5,871 Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Getting ready to go to sleep for the winter.....Our biggest regularly breeding caterpillar...the Privet Hawkmoth. I like him....A fat-boy, but shy too.........JD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
just jack 998 Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 i take it that thing on its back end doesn't sting, its a big fook though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted July 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 No Mate, thats just a "horn"...totally harmless.... I'm really proud of this one as it is the first of the species i have ever bred from scratch. Maybe we will see him again next may when he should wake up and start getting all randy again.....lol...JD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Lovely markings , looks very smooth & soft Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 3,964 Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 The lad likes his kip eh! hope he awakes next year to reproduce Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bucky 11 Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Getting ready to go to sleep for the winter.....Our biggest regularly breeding caterpillar...the Privet Hawkmoth. I like him....A fat-boy, but shy too.........JD very nice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tis TM 8 Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 I have oodles of privet about, but haven't managed to see one of them yet Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the monkey 339 Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 nice photo ,never seen one of them before sounds a bit like me ......bit of a shy fat boy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BellySlater 15 Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 (edited) Not sure which is bigger but these breed on an annual basis down in Wales in the garden. (Elephant Hawk Moth). Edited July 24, 2009 by BellySlater Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jac 12 Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 I picked up one like that and it bit me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigstu2008 9 Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 bet that thing eats more than my terrier lol seriously though how do you go about breeding and keeping something like that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Selwyn Froggit 32 Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 (edited) Edited August 7, 2009 by Selwyn Froggit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted July 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Not sure which is bigger but these breed on an annual basis down in Wales in the garden. (Elephant Hawk Moth). Hi, the privet is bigger. I also bred many elephant hawk cats too. But the privets are the champs!!! There are others bigger, but do not breed on a regular basis. happy days JD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted July 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 bet that thing eats more than my terrier lolseriously though how do you go about breeding and keeping something like that? Well.....you need a mummy privet moth...and a daddy privet moth. daddy and mummy play rudies when mummy lets off her own special sexy perfume. they she lays eggs and thet hatch a week later. They grow like buggery and moult a few times and thenn when Junior has eaten enough he stops eating, has a big sloppy number2 and then descends to bury himself in the soil where he will sit until next june when he can start all over again...... Obviously, its not that simple.....regards JD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest rodsmith Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 huh,got our own moth peddling moderator now. :11: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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