Reptile & Amphibian Forums

when you buy hornworms on herpfood.com you buy them by the cup, about how many are in each cup? thanks

Jk
0.1 veiled

if you look above the prices it says
"Prices include pre-made food with at least twelve hornworms and Shipping!" so I am assuming 12/cup - not a great deal if you knew how easy it is to raise these guys. Just don't ask me about raising them b/c I don't feed any leps to my herps (I raise them as a hobby and for education).

>>when you buy hornworms on herpfood.com you buy them by the cup, about how many are in each cup? thanks
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Jk
>>0.1 veiled

np

why not silks? how does $16 for 200 sound? look here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2343251103&category=1285

i believe the guy selling them is charm paradise a regular poster here and a good guy!

dennis
-----
compasscreek backcountry adventures

one nice thing about hornworms is that they can grow up to 4" total length in as little as 5-10 days. also, i have never had a cham turn down a hornworm, even when they were on hunger strikes.
-----
groups.msn.com/JEChameleons
2.1 Chameleo Calyptratus
1 Chameleo Melleri

those big bluish guys you see at the shows? if they are my son wanted one for a "pet"! lol

dennis
-----
compasscreek backcountry adventures

dennis,

How old is your son? What grade? Actually having them as a "pet" is not a bad idea. They are used in classrooms often b/c their reproduction is so quick and b/c of their size. It was Hornworms that got me into rearing leps (now luna, cecropia and other giant silks)

Hornworms are GREAT for kids (any age) to witness and understand the process of metamorphosis. There are several different species but the most common, and largest are the Tobacco and Tomato Hornworms. They eat tomato (and related plants), but there is also artifical food easily available from many companies.

If you have read my posts on this subject I personally cannot feed them to herps b/c I have had them as "pets" and hand fed an adult sphinx moth for 4 days after it emerged with crippled wings and couldn't fly - thus, couldn't eat. Anyway, here is the coolest website on Tobacco Hornworms (Manduca sexta). It has photos and videos, step by step rearing (very easy) and all sort of stuff. Enjoy! If you do decide to rear a few you may find yourself unable to feed them to your cham

lele

p.s. they are very handsome moths as well!
The Manduca project

my son is 9 and in the fourth grade. i think i'll look a bit closer. thanks for the link! i guess he could have a worst pet!
we're off the the san diego zoo right now, WHOO HOO!!

dennis
-----
compasscreek backcountry adventures

Dennis,

that is the perfect age to get him interested! The neighborhood kids (who now refer to me as the coolest lady in the neighborhood b/c of all my strange critters and hobbies!) range b/t 8-13 and they are all interested in my leps and other "bugs". I think you will ALL have fun

>>my son is 9 and in the fourth grade. i think i'll look a bit closer. thanks for the link! i guess he could have a worst pet!
>>we're off the the san diego zoo right now, WHOO HOO!!
>>
>>dennis
>>-----
>>compasscreek backcountry adventures