{"id":2657,"date":"2023-10-10T19:54:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T17:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/?p=2657"},"modified":"2024-08-24T16:41:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T14:41:51","slug":"acherontia-atropos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/en\/acherontia-atropos\/","title":{"rendered":"Acherontia atropos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2657\" class=\"elementor elementor-2657\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-238cf31 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"238cf31\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ca792d\" data-id=\"7ca792d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b77f37d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b77f37d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"text-align: center; background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">(<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #3366cc; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Linnaeus<\/span><span style=\"text-align: center; background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #3366cc; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">1758<\/span><span style=\"text-align: center; background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">)<\/span><\/strong><\/p><div><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; text-align: center; background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c1dae7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c1dae7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b1d0fc\" data-id=\"6b1d0fc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11a25ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11a25ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Occurrence<\/strong>: Africa, Europe, Middle East <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Biotope<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Food plants<\/strong>: Ligustrum, Fraxinus, Solanum (solanum lycopersicum, solanum tuberosum)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Voltinism<\/strong>: Multivoltine.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Pupation<\/strong>: Caterpillars burrow underground and pupate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Difficulty<\/strong>: Very easy to rear, suitable for beginners.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5dbfe24\" data-id=\"5dbfe24\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01524a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"01524a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC00219-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1915\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC00219-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC00219-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC00219-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC00219-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC00219.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e6f3901 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e6f3901\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e422977\" data-id=\"e422977\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9176fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9176fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This beautiful species is probably one of the most notorious sphinghids. It comes from the genus Acherontia which is known by their skull marking on the thorax of the imago. Not all species from this genus have it, but Acherontia atropos is the most famous species from this genus and is well known for the skull. The rearing is very easy and very fast too. The caterpillar stage can only take 3 weeks and the moths emerge in 3-4 weeks. Of course all depends on the temperature, in high temperatures its very fast, in colder environments it can take longer. The caterpillars feed on many plants, during the winter the best option is ligustrum. In nature we can find them on fraxinus trees, or on Solanaceae plants. We can find them on potato or tomato fields. They can be a\u00a0pest in some parts where they can ravage the fields of potatoes. Their life cycle is really interesting. The moths and caterpillars are beautiful and really interesting in their behavior. As mentioned the most noticabale feature on the moths is the skull, the shape and color can have several variations. The moths unlike saturniidae feed. Lot of sphinghidae species have a\u00a0proboscis and feed. The imagos of acherontia atropos eat honey. In nature, they infiltrate bee hives and eat the honey straight from the bees, they are often killed by the bees themselves or by the bee keepers. \tThe skull should actually represent a\u00a0worker bee, they also make a\u00a0squeaking sound, which should also be mimicking bees, thus helping them go unnoticed. In the past this moth was viewed as a\u00a0sign of bad omen beacuse of the skull. You can also know this species from the movie Silence of the lambs. In captivity they can be fed a\u00a0mixture of 50% water and 50% honey. Its best to start feeding them after 24-48 hours. The moths will not feed themselves, you need to extend their proboscis using some sort of a\u00a0stick and place it inside the mixture. You can put it in a\u00a0small cup or a\u00a0bottle cap. After a\u00a0while they might start feeding themselves and get used to the routine but some individuals will need to be fed by hand all the time. If you place them on a\u00a0honey comb they will most likely always start feeding by themselves as it stimulates their natural behavior. Another interesting thing about this species are the caterpillars, they have variability of colors. The most common in captivity are green and yellow, the rarer one is a\u00a0brown color which only appears in the last instar. There have been reported many other variations but they are very rare. Most likely you will always see these 3 colors, but there can be many other variations too, but they are not so common. The eggs hatch very fast, in about 10-14 days of time. The first 3 instars can be raised in plastic boxes. They need to be clean and dry. They also enjoy hot temperatures. Do not overcrowd them and always give them fresh food. In L2 i\u00a0replaced the lid of the box with a\u00a0mesh. In L3 you can place them in a\u00a0small pop up cage, later in L4 place them in a\u00a0bigger cage and there they can stay until they are ready to pupate. In the final instar they will eat huge amounts of food on daily basis. When the caterpillars become fully sized and decide to pupate, they will turn quite orange and start to wander around the bottom of the cage. These caterpillars can be placed into some dirt substrate or gardening substrate without any added fertilizers or chemicals. They will burrow and pupate. Be carefull not to put in too many of them together for pupation, they can disturb each other and wont pupate and keep wondering. You can fill up a\u00a0plastic box that is big and deep with the substrate and let them burrow there, only a\u00a0couple per box. Cover the lid so caterpillars wont escape. Aftery they pupate you can dig them out, but make sure to wait long enough if you decide to do so, they need to harden after they shed their skin, if you touch them too early you can damage them.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-426fe0a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"426fe0a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-27014c8\" data-id=\"27014c8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c18287 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c18287\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>L1<\/strong>- The small hatchlings are yellow in color, once they feed a\u00a0little they become green. Their typical horn that most of the sphinghidae posses is black in color.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8deefde\" data-id=\"8deefde\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bf5e15 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7bf5e15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/l1-1-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2681\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/l1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/l1-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/l1-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/l1-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/l1-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9ed0ee0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9ed0ee0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1abb753\" data-id=\"1abb753\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afd3005 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"afd3005\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>L2<\/strong>- The caterpillars become a\u00a0bit more colorful. They are eating very well but will really start feeding a\u00a0lot from L3 onwards<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-36da4d0\" data-id=\"36da4d0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53ff459 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"53ff459\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L2-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2675\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8eba56a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8eba56a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c2ba363\" data-id=\"c2ba363\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2945f8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2945f8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>L3<\/strong>- The horn of the caterpillar becomes spiky. The body of the caterpillar has some colorful stripes on the ventral side. You can also notice black spiracles. They have green heads with black parts. The black parts almost look like their eyes, which makes them look very alien like.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c00ed45\" data-id=\"c00ed45\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c38518 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2c38518\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L3-1-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2676\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L3-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L3-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L3-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L3-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L3-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6bd5090 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6bd5090\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f0945f7\" data-id=\"f0945f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79b3ffc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79b3ffc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>L4<\/strong>- The caterpillars become beautifuly colored in this stage. Their horns are no longer black but a\u00a0golden or brown color. The caterpillars are overall yellow or green in color, they have black spiracles and a\u00a0typical pattern of stripes for this species.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a25760\" data-id=\"8a25760\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb1a627 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cb1a627\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L4-1-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2677\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L4-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L4-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L4-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L4-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L4-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-952f4e8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"952f4e8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-859484c\" data-id=\"859484c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16aca40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16aca40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>L5<\/strong>-  The caterpillars look almost the same, the biggest diffrence is that in this stage the brown color can appear. They become gigantic in size and eat huge amounts of food on a\u00a0daily basis. After eating a\u00a0huge amount of food the caterpillars will soon pupate. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad4d927\" data-id=\"ad4d927\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3ca2e3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a3ca2e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L5-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2678\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L5-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L5-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/L5.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-29cdb82 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"29cdb82\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b04f0cc\" data-id=\"b04f0cc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bd53b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bd53b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The puape can be easily incubated in a\u00a0pop up cage. You can place tissue on the bottom of the cage or some other substrate like vermiculite or some other garden substrate that is dirt like. They need warmth and humidity. They hatch in about 3-4 weeks. Make sure to keep them really warm and humid, especially spray them before emerging. The pairings are quite easy, for them to pair they need to be fed on daily basis. Its best to leave them alone and do not disturb them as they pair. They will pair multiple times a\u00a0day and in various positions. Sometimes the moths will pair only when they are a\u00a0couple days old.  A\u00a0little airflow helps for them to pair too. Make sure its not too cold because they wont be active.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some other interesting color forms documented by Jacques Roget:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b5e460c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b5e460c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d8fe4b\" data-id=\"4d8fe4b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7d4b87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c7d4b87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"456\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss-456x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2685\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss-456x1024.jpg 456w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss-134x300.jpg 134w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss-768x1725.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss-684x1536.jpg 684w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.jpg 912w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0e15420 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0e15420\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-af816b4\" data-id=\"af816b4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80fed92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"80fed92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-24-at-16.28.51-576x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3199\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-24-at-16.28.51-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-24-at-16.28.51-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-24-at-16.28.51-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-24-at-16.28.51-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-24-at-16.28.51-7x12.jpeg 7w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-24-at-16.28.51.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Fotografia od: Sandy Graveron<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c2275b\" data-id=\"7c2275b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cbc278 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9cbc278\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-24-at-16.28.51-1-576x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3198\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-24-at-16.28.51-1-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-24-at-16.28.51-1-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-24-at-16.28.51-1-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-24-at-16.28.51-1-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-24-at-16.28.51-1-7x12.jpeg 7w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-24-at-16.28.51-1.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Fotografia od: Sandy Graveron<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c895264\" data-id=\"c895264\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fe5c42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8fe5c42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-24-at-16.28.51-2-576x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3197\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-24-at-16.28.51-2-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-24-at-16.28.51-2-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-24-at-16.28.51-2-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-24-at-16.28.51-2-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-24-at-16.28.51-2-7x12.jpeg 7w, https:\/\/chovmotylov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-24-at-16.28.51-2.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Fotografia od: Sandy Graveron<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9797e77 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9797e77\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-362530f\" data-id=\"362530f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e63382 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e63382\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Divok\u00e1 h\u00fasenica vo vo\u013enej pr\u00edrode, Franc\u00fazsko.<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Linnaeus,\u00a01758) \u00a0 V\u00fdskyt: Afrika, Eur\u00f3pa, Stredn\u00fd v\u00fdchod Biotop:&nbsp; \u017divn\u00e9 rastliny: Ligustrum, Fraxinus, Solanum (solanum lycopersicum, solanum tuberosum) Voltinizmus: Multivoltine.&nbsp; Kuklenie: h\u00fasenice sa zahrab\u00e1vaj\u00fa pod zem kde sa kuklia, nespriadaj\u00fa si kokon. Obtia\u017enos\u0165: Nen\u00e1ro\u010dn\u00fd druh, vhodn\u00fd pre za\u010diato\u010dn\u00edkov Tento kr\u00e1sny li\u0161aj je ve\u013emi popul\u00e1rny v\u00a0chove. 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