Hello, this morning I found this incredible caterpillar , I decided to bring it to my house with the purpose of being able to breed it and in this way see its adult form, it is useful because I have seen these caterpillars often and thus I will be able to identify them at the species level . Anyway, …

If it was on a dead branch perhaps it was about to pupate. Othrewise, i’d try putting on leaves from several nearby species, seeing which one it eats, then giving it more of that.

I would try checking www.gardenswithwings.com . You can put in your zip code and it will tell you what butterflies/caterpillars can be found in your area and has photos of the caterpillars. If you find yours, then you can check on the same website what their host plants are. Good luck.

Oops. Think the site just covers the states. Sorry.

It is a pity, I would love something like that for Colombia. However, I found a paper about the Leucanella larvae of Colombia and their feeding, unfortunately only the abstract was available, I think that tomorrow I will look for the plants mentioned in the paper.

Try this link for the paper. Looks like most of the caterpillars died on any of the plants though: https://sci-hub.tw/https://doi.org/10.3958/059.042.0319

I’m not sure if this is important in Colombia, since the seasonality is so different. But around here, many caterpillars need to undergo the normal seasonal temperature changes as pupae in order to properly develop. So most people who raise them try to find a covered porch or some other screened in …

Thank you, I had tried with sci hub but I get error messages. Well, in the paper said that the caterpillars died in their first instars, and I think that the caterpillar that I found is in an advanced instar, comparing it with the photos it seems that it is already molted. The amazing thing is that …

It is interesting, although there are no considerable seasonal temperature variations here, however since it is slightly warmer inside my house than outside, it would be important to keep that in mind, I think I will leave the jar close to a window.

Interesting story. Please keep us updated, what is happening. :)

I don’t think there’s a whole lot of information out there regarding native/wild host plant records for Leucanella (and a lot of tropical Saturniids for that matter). However, there are A LOT of Saturniid enthusiast out there that rear all kinds of species as a hobby and have figured out general ho…

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Sorry you lost your caterpillar but it was a learning experience for all of us. Thanks for sharing the ride.

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