Today my Lunas have reached their 4th instar i think? the big differences are their heads and butts have gotten larger and darkened as seen below:


Also a cute cecropia on a leaf this is day 15 for this little cecropia:

And I wanted to get a comparison on my 2 largest caterpillars. They are only a day apart and my luna is gargantuan! I named him monstro. The cecropia only hatched the day after my lunas but cecropias are supposed to be much larger in general. so either i have massive lunas, midget cecropias or my cecropias are going to explode before they pupate.

Also a luna cast skin:

And here is my plant setup. I collect plants and keep em fresh for up to a week and a half in water-filled orange cream soda bottles on my window sill.

Today at work at the field museum I sorted Scarabidae beetles into their localities and then by subfamily:

Gymnetis (genus) a.k.a. Harlequin Flower Beetle:

melolonthinae (subfamily) a.k.a. may beetles or june bugs:
i love your pictures. so heavenly
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