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11-09-2008, 07:54 PM
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| | | elephant hawk moth
anyone know how long it takes an elephank hawk moth to emerge once it has coccooned. |
11-09-2008, 08:12 PM
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| | | Re: elephant hawk moth
Hi
it depends on temperature.
If you keep it cool in an out house probably next May/june.
If you keep it at room temperature it could hatch in a few weeks.
neil |
11-09-2008, 08:13 PM
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| | | Re: elephant hawk moth
Best to keep it at the cool temperature for next year, it would be a terrible waste if it hatched too early. |
12-09-2008, 03:01 AM
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| | | Re: elephant hawk moth
I agree with Dogghound, this specie's natural evolution will be for it to emerge next Spring, NOT in a few week's time!! 
This would mean that this moth could never live it's life out as it should!!
This would be extremely cruel and unethical in my opinion!
Why would you need to let it complete pupation within the next few weeks anyway?????
This is NOT what nature intended!!!
Consider yourself extremely 'told off' for even contemplating this!!
Naturegirl
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12-09-2008, 05:07 PM
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| | | Re: elephant hawk moth
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Originally Posted by naturegirl  I agree with Dogghound, this specie's natural evolution will be for it to emerge next Spring, NOT in a few week's time!!
This would mean that this moth could never live it's life out as it should!!
This would be extremely cruel and unethical in my opinion!
Why would you need to let it complete pupation within the next few weeks anyway?????
This is NOT what nature intended!!!
Consider yourself extremely 'told off' for even contemplating this!!
Naturegirl | You do jump in feet-first quite often don't you!!
It was an example of how temperature affects developement. I've put Eyed Hawkmoth pupae in a cool place and they have hatched in four weeks  .
The Elephant Hawkmoth has two generations in southern europe so it IS NOT un-natural is it ? It sometimes has a partial second brood in southern England too.
People breed North American species without hybernation and it does them no harm, as long as food plant is available for the larvae as they are kept indoors ( pets if you like).
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06-04-2010, 07:58 PM
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| | | Re: elephant hawk moth
mine has just hatched and i have had it in a cool dry place since it pupated in oct - the weather in surrey here has been getting warmer and the plant have seemed to come a month early (just like the three year previous)
i have ask the question how long they live and if it would be too early to realise it with the weather changing from day to day ? | | |
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