in this way the larvae can be left to feed at leiure and cleaning out is less frequent. the larvae also get 100 % living foliage to feed on. the set back for this in the case of exotic hawkmoths is the UK weather !! excessive rain or cold spells can cause disaster but it is a useful alternative if all conditions are good. if you decide to sleeve out doors always use very fine netting as parasitic wasps will endeavour to get in and use your larvae as hosts for their own! pupation this is the time when a full grown larvae begins its amazing journey of metamorphosis into the moth it will become.
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