NO, no, no, no!!! I found a luna moth and it was a female and it laid eggs in a brown paper bag, but I put her in the freezer because she was messing up her wings!! She is dead, but are the eggs still alive?! Please help, this is getting me depressed.
2007-06-25 01:12:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
since you place the egg was freezer, egg won't survive under cold temperature, so there's no hope for the egg.
2007-06-25 01:21:32 · answer #1 · answered by Lai Yu Zeng 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If the eggs were laid in the bag and the bag was not harmed, chilled or anything like that, the eggs should be fine. This is an approved way to get eggs and raise caterpillars.
"Female luna moths lay 4-6 gray-brown cylindrical eggs with concave tops on the underside of food plant leaves. Females have a capacity of 150-250 eggs. Incubation time is 8-13 days depending on temperature and humidity. Females will lay eggs in brown paper sandwich or grocery bags for those who want to try to raise luna moths.
Larvae, which grow to approximately 3.5 inches (9 cm.), are mostly green throughout their five instars (or larval stages) and spend about one week in each stage except the longer fifth instar. Larvae which are going to overwinter in the pupae/cocoon stage take on a dark amber or burgundy-brown coloration just before spinning cocoons. Some caterpillars will use a leaf wrap while others go down to the ground to spin up among whatever ground protection they can find. "
You need to have FOOD available when they hatch. "In New Jersey and states of that general latitude, larvae eat hickory, walnut, and sweetgum leaves. "
http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/luna.html
2007-06-25 06:06:41 · answer #2 · answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take the eggs to a vet or to a zoo, they will know how to deal with the eggs. But, I think there is no more hope for them, u murderer. Do not do that never again! u should be ashamed!putting her in a freezer. omg, what kind of people we have today.. . _
2007-06-25 03:08:29 · answer #3 · answered by Joka B 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First off, you did NOT find a lunar moth. Lunar moths are NEVER lost. What you did is called stealing. And, you broke the law. There are state and federal laws that protect animals of ALL kinds. You could go to jail.
Leave the wild to the wild.
So, how does it feel knowing you killed a defenseless gift from nature?
2007-06-25 02:10:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
freezer!!
i'm sorry.. dont see much hope!!
2007-06-25 01:25:37 · answer #5 · answered by lovemychihuahua 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋