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Post by Adam Cotton on Aug 16, 2019 16:35:48 GMT
Yes, it is a pupa, probably a species of moth. Well spotted.
Adam.
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Post by freakindenial on Aug 16, 2019 16:53:24 GMT
What should I do? It wasn’t attached to anything. How should I keep it so it survives?
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Post by freakindenial on Aug 16, 2019 16:54:20 GMT
I always thought that when they were like that they were hard. It scared the heck out of me when it moved. How do they do that?
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Post by Paul K on Aug 16, 2019 17:16:47 GMT
The pupa can move only it’s abdomen and it does this to scare away predators, this is actually the way to tell if the pupa is still alive or dead by very gently pressing it should move the abdomen, if the abdomen can not move it means that the pupa is dead and started to dry out. You don’t have to do much, just put some sand on the bottom of the container and from time to time spray with water so it’s not dry, but you don’t want to keep it too wet as the mold will start to grow and possibly kill the pupa. Put some stick beside so when the moth emerge it can hang on it and pump its wings.
Good luck Paul
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Post by freakindenial on Aug 16, 2019 23:03:54 GMT
Oh that’s amazing! Do you know how long will it stay like this? A rough estimate since I don’t even know how long it has been like this already...
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Post by Paul K on Aug 16, 2019 23:08:35 GMT
Depend what species it is can be few days or few months. Maybe it will emerge next spring. It is probably moth of Noctuidae or Erebidae family but it is very hard to determinate what species only looking at pupa as there are thousands of similar looking species at this stage of live.
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Post by freakindenial on Aug 25, 2019 13:18:49 GMT
Still alive, still wiggling it’s butt. xD
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