Mason 🏃‍♂️✂️ on Twitter: "Each species only accepts a small set of host plants. Basically, you have to have access to a mature tree of the proper species to easily feed them to maturity. Individuals sometimes also reject plants the species has been known to eat; I'm having this problem with my polyphemus.… https://t.co/ZrKWzW1MaW"

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Dunno what you're expecting, but I maaaybe had a wee bit of wine & fell into an internet hole re: the ubiquity of painted lady butterflies (meh insects, if you ask me) in prefab kits. Then I discovered I could buy ALL KINDS of bugs online. I'd gotten to the whiskey at this point.https://twitter.com/TheAgeofShoddy/status/1145491923831934976 …

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Ok, please stop me if this is too personal, or if I’m tweeting at you too much or otherwise being Man On Internet, but I have to ask: what’s the deal with the moths? It’s rare that people really surprise me, but I have no insight into this and I’m legitimately fascinated.

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The answer to my question — "why do all these kits have painted ladies?" — turns out to be that they're the only species with a widely-available artificial commercial diet. But @SarahAMcManus actually found a lab recipe! Planning to experiment w/ next gen.https://twitter.com/SarahAMcManus/status/1142293166814572544 …

Sarah McManus @SarahAMcManus

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So, I found a recipe for an artificial diet for cecropia caterpillars! Doesn't work for polyphemus, unfortunately, and it's a very picky recipe. But maybe you could connect with someone in a science lab who would find it easy to mix up a batch? https://www.dropbox.com/s/xwnfjrvwymu3g69/riddiford1968.pdf?dl=0 … pic.twitter.com/UphMoFIixL

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Each species only accepts a small set of host plants. Basically, you have to have access to a mature tree of the proper species to easily feed them to maturity. Individuals sometimes also reject plants the species has been known to eat; I'm having this problem with my polyphemus.

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