Observation date: September 12, 2019
Submitted by: Twinz18
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: It was a beautiful warm day outside the kids were going to ride their bikes, and I spotted a big green caterpillar with yellow horns sticking out of it head/back, on the spokes of my daughters bike. I've never seen anything like it before so I got a stick and picked it up to further inspect it alittle closer. Started doing some research and come to find out its an imperial moth. I got a plastic container, put loose dirt in it with some leaves, poked holes in the lid of the container, and hid the caterpillar in my dark closet. A couple of days passed by and I went back to check on the little fella, and it had started to pupate. It's now been 84 days of having it, and it's still a pupae. From my online research I've found out that she is a female!!! I'm just hoping to find a male for them to mate!!
Status: Resident
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: December 07, 2019
Coordinator notes: None.
