So yesterday I collected more inchworms in a bigger jar. I also created this video. in the garden, they really like the leaves of The Japanese Honeysuckle and that is where I find most of them. the brown color and the way they hide within the vines makes it hard to spot them, but once you know what you are looking for its very easy. they produce a lot of feces as you can see in the pictures. they are small ball shaped. […]
I don’t know what they may turn to be, but they must be small moths. I think I might need a bigger habitat and try to collect more inchworms in order to observe, and photograph them better. if I had a macro lens, things would have been much more interesting. the smallest one is the most active one. I observed them this morning and during the day time they are usually attached to the leaves and eating. When I searched the net for how to keep them no one said anything about water. I guess they get it from the leaves so when I put new leaves in I will make sure they are moist. I am thinking about mixing a little bit of water with sugar and wet the dirt and the old leaves a little bit. […]
I am starting a new project. I am going to try to take care of a number of inchworms and photograph them until they become moths and then will release them. I have no idea what type they are yet and will try to identify the type once I have time. to find more about inchworms and Geometer moth from wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inchworm more links about how you can start your own project and learn more about them : http://www.ehow.com/about_6122809_inchworm-life-cycle.html http://www.ehow.com/how_8525253_raise-inchworm.html http://www.wikihow.com/Take-Care-of-Inchworms I currently have 3 in the same jar. I will try to put some more in different, bigger habitat and will keep all the information here in the blog under the tag “inchworms project” feel free to contact me for more info or to share your own findings and knowledge. […]