Fresh hatched moth ....help!

[Malkavian]

My mystery moth was scrbbling around in its container today when i got home from clas...thanksfully its wings were still soft so it hadn't suffered any permenant defomration. Right now its hanging upside down under a pair of strong lightbuls so its wings will drie.....i have a reptile heat lamp i could put it under, would that be too strong a temperature?

 

[Wade]

I'd be careful with that, if they dry too fast they might be deformed. Any idea what species it is yet?

 

[Malkavian]

well he's still in the same place this morning, started to spread his wings some...

I'm thining its a male polyphemus, its the right color and clearly has an eyespot on each wing.


Edit: I just moved the sucker and and and it PEED all ovr my desk!! kindof milky greenish whitish fluid..is this suppsoed to be a scent deterrent or moth sperm or what?

 

[Longbord1]

no thats called like butterfly tears or something i forget but its like the liquid from its abdomen after it molts it could be excess fluids??

mike

 

[Malkavian]

Ah, okay. That possiblity had occured to me, there were alot more fluids on the moth and around the cocoon than I had expected as well. Hopefully when i get home he wont have flown into a corner in my room and hidden..hehe