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27.07.2007 20:00, sealor

ZelLu, you should read about the diapause, it's very interesting, but they won't write everything here anyway. In short, this is a period of rest when all processes slow down, hibernation is an unusual case of diapause, but in general, all the time from the end of molting on the pupa to the beginning of preparation for hatching is also a diapause, and it happens in adult insects, larvae and non-insects

Kaya's caterpillars, as far as I can remember, develop over the course of two seasons, so..
There are a lot of topics about kossus, how to breed and grow them, and where they were not found, the caterpillars were also dug up in the ground, that is, they lived there. Your caterpillar seems to be already in the last stage, maybe it will not eat anything. It will be able to pupate in the ground, but I would put it in the sawdust, you need to take willow sawdust, that is, you can file it yourself, they live in the willows most often.
Hawkmoth burrows in the ground for pupation, so it needs to be moist. And in flower pots there is nothing to let them go, they will be buried there and it is not clear where they are and what is with them. Or in terrariums, or at least in a 3L jar, fill the earth with a layer of 5 cm.
In hawk moth, the caterpillars crawl for a long time before pupation, dig in the ground, and before pupation itself they shrivel and darken, so this is not necessarily dying!

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28.07.2007 1:16, RippeR

of course, land is not required.. But with earth, there's a better chance on Earth.. Mine, like from a bindweed (with a protruding proboscis), also pupated without land.. yes, and in what conditions!
Let it turn brown, get stronger and you can take it and at least use PVA to glue the tip of the abdomen to the gauze.. Or you can just leave + gauze or napkin on the edge of the tank. You can put a saucer with water, or you can think of other options.
Kossicus can be, I think, in a week and a half.. The main thing is that the pupa has time

to get upset, the main thing is to carefully open the case, and then the same as with the brew. Although it is not necessary to get the scythe out of the case, they say, and so it hatches well.. Although I am still an adherent of pulling - not nature yet.

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24.08.2007 23:14, Ilia Ustiantcev

You can, you only need a suitable container and the presence of a feed plant at hand.
Pupae and caterpillars must be searched for by hard work, and the caterpillars of neyotoryh scoop are lured to the light. If the caterpillar crawls across the road, it means that it is most likely going to pupate. Pupae of diurnal butterflies can sometimes be found on fences and walls, and noticeable yellowish cocoons of mottled butterflies on the grass. Many butterflies pupate in the ground or on plants.
May. Just substitute a feeding plant for the female later, so that she can lay eggs.
I am not an expert in this field, but for the peacock-eyed graelsia isabellae, which lives very locally in Spain and France, you need ordinary pines, and for the European bramea - ash. These are butterflies of a very exotic type. And for the rest, the problem is the food plant, they are more likely to "approve" the room temperature.
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And the pupa seems to be dead!"

26.08.2007 1:39, Эллин

Dear friends, Today SOMETHING flew home (Moscow) terribly scared. After half an hour of stress and sedatives, it was caught in a jar. An hour of research on the Internet clarified the situation... The companion was a bindweed Hawk Moth. Size approx 7cm in length. In wingspan and flight similar to a small bird-10 cm. It is unlikely that he is a native Muscovite... I think someone brought it from pampering, well, or "on business", but the friend ran away... Who has any examples, information (how they live, what they eat, what they eat-I've already read everything, I need this information - how often someone met them in MOSCOW! I personally never, all their whom I asked for the first time see such a monster (the size is shocking)). And hence (if he is not a Muscovite) the main question!!!!!!!!! It is unlikely to survive if it would be blasphemous to release it and let it go to certain death. What to do with it!!!!!!?? Do it humanely - where to hand it over?! Dry, throw away, feed the tarantula, etc. nonsense, do not write plz. I really care about his fate, because the friend is gorgeous, beautiful, but can scare more than one person. in Moscow and somewhere yes they will kill him all the same. There are photos - the type is determined 100% correctly-bindweed.

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