How to keep Butterflies and Moths (Weird and Wonderful Pets Episode 4 of 15)

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  • Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
  • Watch all 15 Weird and Wonderful Pets films at www.weirdandwonderfulpets.com
    This film showcases the amazing beauty of butterflies and moths, two of the largest species of both groups, the reasons behind their colourful patterns, and the miracle or metamorphosis. We also discover the essentials of how to keep butterflies and moths at home!
    Before obtaining any pet, please watch the Golden Rules of Animal Husbandry film: • The Golden Rules of An...
    The Weird and Wonderful Pets project is about inspiring young minds!
    While animal husbandry must always be taken VERY seriously (see Golden Rules video at the link above), many exotic small animals have quite simple culture requirements, and it is easy to provide suitable habitats to meet their needs.
    If you can (1) buy pets from ethical sources, (2) provide a suitable environment with correct culture conditions, (3) only obtain the quantity of pets that you can properly take care of and (4) ensure that no pets escape into habitats in which they do not belong, then looking after weird and wonderful pets, and showing their life cycles and natural history stories to the next generation is an incredible way to inspire young minds and help nurture the next generation of naturalists, scientists and conservationists.
    Visit www.weirdandwonderfulpets.com to discover the secrets of keeping fourteen amazing groups of small exotic animals!

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  • @Nakari1
    @Nakari1 2 роки тому +253

    who else found a moth and now are emotionally attached

    • @Deathbyaspen
      @Deathbyaspen Рік тому +10

      I named it clementine :)

    • @Ruby_Lily_bffs
      @Ruby_Lily_bffs Рік тому +11

      I just got a moth yesterday,and now I’m trying to figure out how to have it as a pet

    • @bryaneewinter2187
      @bryaneewinter2187 Рік тому +10

      I found one, it’s sleeping on my finger 🥹

    • @blessedtaryn4820
      @blessedtaryn4820 Рік тому +2

      Me and my child! We named him too! ❤

    • @thegamingant6100
      @thegamingant6100 Рік тому +4

      I found a moth cocoon on the floor out side about a week ago and now it is in a container with damp paper towels and when it hatches I will put him/her into a big butterfly net/enclosure

  • @kaerscil
    @kaerscil Рік тому +20

    i llove how gentle you are with the creatures. they deserve love and respect just as we do when we learn about them

  • @tiberiusarrrgh2911
    @tiberiusarrrgh2911 2 роки тому +29

    Hi,
    I found a gravid female giant 22cm Rain Moth in the Australian bush, struggling. It was a evening after a heavily humid day, and the rain was just about to pour. The area she was laying was about to be filled for a chicken yard.
    I collected some eggs to save what I could, as she was laying, and have about a hundred or more of them of them sprinkled in the right sort of soil, saved in a sideways cut plastic 2l milk carton, rain sprinkled on, with the right roots buried, for the bardee grubs I read about, to eat after.
    There were literally hundreds coming out of her, but they were hard to collect once down!
    I moved her to safety once her paroxysms of laying were over, but she still fluttered on the ground alot, not flying normally. Hopefully normal post laying exhaustion and not permanant damage. We have a strong thing here against taking adult animals out of the Bush and turning them into pets unless actually visually broken and needing needing vet work, and she looked fine physically, huge with eggs at first, just not flying. I hope I did the right thing though.
    Will I see when the eggs become grubs, and how long do I keep them in that wee tub please? How long between eggs and moth?
    I'm looking up a recipe for vege mush but is there anything you can suggest feeding the grub stage for when the roots run out? I managed to dig up a strip of the right kind of tree root Google says they eat, but it wont be fresh by the time the eggs hatch/may be too hard?
    Many thanks,
    Dr Alicia Manolas

    • @jamesvick3441
      @jamesvick3441 2 роки тому +1

      How did it go

    • @savannahtropix615
      @savannahtropix615 4 місяці тому

      What a sweet heart u have !!❤🎉Blessings, Respect & admiration from California ❤❤

  • @ultimathule2486
    @ultimathule2486 3 роки тому +27

    Thank you for this beautiful video! I have Argema Mittrei Comet Moth still alive after 22 days now. They are cute and very kind they like to come and sit on hands. I love them❤

  • @claudiatoffee
    @claudiatoffee 3 роки тому +25

    Don't leave open water near caterpillars, tie a band and some plastic over the lid and puncture the plant steams through

  • @dinonugget6846
    @dinonugget6846 4 роки тому +14

    I just found a Caterpillar but it’s going to turn into a moth and I’m excited

  • @dogygamer9300
    @dogygamer9300 5 років тому +20

    My friends backyard has louds of catapillers so that means lots of butterfly's mines called lightside cause it is a white one

  • @cyberguppy419
    @cyberguppy419 3 роки тому +8

    Thank you I have a rosy maple moth named Gerald and she’s so cute

  • @ThatAceInSpace
    @ThatAceInSpace 3 роки тому +9

    I just got a little cutworm larva! I’m hoping he’ll grow to adulthood.

  • @888glow
    @888glow 6 років тому +82

    I want to get a poodle moth

    • @TuberoseKisser
      @TuberoseKisser 5 років тому +1

      They don't exist, wooly moths do though.

    • @trixiemattelswig849
      @trixiemattelswig849 5 років тому +13

      Nazareth bruh they do but Scientist don’t have a lot of information about them

    • @waxysucculants4606
      @waxysucculants4606 5 років тому +5

      Poodle moths are just a type of fluffy silkmoth

    • @ElizabethGlasby
      @ElizabethGlasby 5 років тому +9

      I want to get a penis butterfly

    • @tei5197
      @tei5197 4 роки тому

      @@TuberoseKisser they do.

  • @Ikacita
    @Ikacita 4 роки тому +7

    my pet butterfly just flies around the house and lands on plants yes its not dead

  • @killionweaver1638
    @killionweaver1638 6 років тому +83

    Hey I got a question dude. My pet moth loses it's one antenna. Is he gonna be fine? Does it restores?

    • @theZunari
      @theZunari 6 років тому +8

      What type of moth is it? Did it grow back?

    • @TuberoseKisser
      @TuberoseKisser 5 років тому +35

      No they won't grow back and he'll be fine

    • @trixiemattelswig849
      @trixiemattelswig849 5 років тому +11

      R u dum it’s not a fricking lizzard

    • @emmalynns197
      @emmalynns197 5 років тому +81

      @@trixiemattelswig849 are you dumb that was a good question.

    • @Mariofredx
      @Mariofredx 5 років тому +25

      Cheese the cow fish b you think all lizards tail grow back or limbs? Lmao your mixing it up with a salamanders and newts

  • @marcusdonahue7124
    @marcusdonahue7124 3 роки тому +6

    Just abducted a Rose petal moth today and I wanna keep it comfy till I preserve his corpse. V informative vid

  • @Notrees
    @Notrees 5 років тому +26

    I once got a huge allergic reaction when I touched a big, green, hairy caterpillar, which I would guess was about 1,2 cm long. It made me swell up, it gave me bumps over my whole body, and I could barely breathe.
    This happened in The Netherlands (West Europe).
    Does anybody know what kind of caterpillar this could have been?

    • @crisolzuniga7079
      @crisolzuniga7079 5 років тому +13

      Jona Claveaux yea there’s caterpillars that are hairy and are poisonous u shouldn’t have touched it 😂

    • @IAmLiterallyGogeta
      @IAmLiterallyGogeta 4 роки тому +7

      May of been an Io moth caterpillar looking for a spot to spin it’s cocoon. They have toxic hairs as caterpillars, but are entirely harmless in pupa and moth stage.

    • @jakepetrie7439
      @jakepetrie7439 4 роки тому +3

      I’m guessing it was an io caterpillar

    • @INFP_T.
      @INFP_T. 11 місяців тому

      I live there.... Should i be scared

  • @arvuixa_3503
    @arvuixa_3503 5 років тому +10

    I rlly need help... My first time having a moth. He's a free flyer, my room is his enclosure, he flies where ever. And im worrying ab his scales coming off his back. More and more scale are falling off each day.. Top of his back is literally bare and u can see the red "skin"??? I think😭ahhh... Idk if thats bad...

    • @dogygamer9300
      @dogygamer9300 5 років тому +3

      I will tell you what's happening

    • @dogygamer9300
      @dogygamer9300 5 років тому +9

      The truth is, a butterfly sheds scales throughout its lifetime. Butterflies lose scales just by doing the things butterflies do: nectaring, mating, and flying. If you touch a butterflygently, it will lose some scales, but rarely enough to prevent it from flying.

  • @fallenflame1940
    @fallenflame1940 4 роки тому +5

    I needed this i have a pet moth named fred

  • @heatherrae5414
    @heatherrae5414 8 місяців тому +1

    today I found a white lined sphinx moth and now I’m here trying to figure out how to take care of it or how to get more and keep as pets 😂❤

  • @mykal3.0
    @mykal3.0 4 роки тому +12

    Thank you! this helped alot.

  • @GuardianTiger
    @GuardianTiger 6 років тому +6

    I have a moth that dint climb upside down when the wings where still wet for it to be inflated but it dried with being inflated so I decided to take care of it .

  • @wynautandwobbuffet5694
    @wynautandwobbuffet5694 4 роки тому +4

    If i get one im naming it dustox

  • @DameonFarris
    @DameonFarris 2 роки тому +1

    4:55 is it me or for a split second it looked like he wanted to eat that catpiller

  • @notmyrealname4779
    @notmyrealname4779 3 роки тому +3

    I found a large yellow underwing moth cacoon, and it was dark reddish brown and was in the soil, and I'm keeping it as a pet. do I water it?

  • @beautifuldisaster1336
    @beautifuldisaster1336 3 роки тому +3

    H e h , with my monarch butterfly Spirit, I ran out of milkweed right before they pupated..

  • @richmondlandersenfells2238
    @richmondlandersenfells2238 2 роки тому +3

    Despite of their successful and glittering appearance, Moths have a miserable short life compare to butterflies!

  • @lisachavez3538
    @lisachavez3538 Рік тому +1

    Found a moth in the rain and couldn't fly no more so brought it in now it layed so many eggs now feel I must take care of all and have no clue what to do!

  • @dianabustamante3166
    @dianabustamante3166 11 місяців тому +1

    Lovely video, i found a tiny caterpillar on my basil from the farmers market an re-homed it. Its pupated and turned into a moth last night. After much research I believe it's a ermine moth. Any idea what I could feed it and do you think its a good idea to set it free..Ive put some fruit and honey water in a damp paper towel. Need some help. Im emotionally attached but know it should be free to spread its wings. 😢❤.. any recommendations from anyone would be greatly appreciated.

  • @pnuttyjeankonen
    @pnuttyjeankonen 4 роки тому +3

    Where can one purchase a cage like that one??

  • @dogygamer9300
    @dogygamer9300 5 років тому +9

    How do I feed it idk what type it is 🤔

    • @saturniidmoff
      @saturniidmoff 4 роки тому +4

      Just look it up not all moths eat the same thing

    • @Leo-re3ti
      @Leo-re3ti 3 роки тому +1

      @@saturniidmoff 1year later thats gonna help ;)

  • @yagirl4357
    @yagirl4357 4 роки тому +9

    This is not a good video on how to keep moths. It was just about the life cycle of moths. I wasted 7:44 seconds of my life to hear some shizz nizz that I learned in 3rd grade.

    • @saturniidmoff
      @saturniidmoff 4 роки тому +3

      It was though, this video was a general care video told you what container to put them in how to get livestock
      And how to keep cocoons if you want specific information on moth and butterfly rearing please go to Bart Coppens channel full of information
      He also has a three part series on how raise them
      Part one eggs and caterpillars
      Part two cocoons and adults
      Part three how to and where to buy livestock
      I mean really though what did you expect from a seven minute video I can give you and half an hour lecture on caterpillar raising alone

  • @lodibabes445
    @lodibabes445 2 роки тому

    HEY BOYS,,, YA BOIS GONNA BE A PRINCESS

  • @jellyminiature3014
    @jellyminiature3014 2 роки тому

    Some random...moth? Butterfly? Not sure, left eggs on my pants TF DO I DO

    • @kati901
      @kati901 2 роки тому

      Don't remove them if you don't mind! Butterflies/moths usually lay eggs on a plant that will feed the caterpillars so they should be fine and able to grow up if you don't disturb them :) if you don't want them DO NOT touch the eggs if possible as they are very fragile, instead cut off the leaf and place it outside on the same plant species. Hope that helps! Lmk if you have more questions :)

  • @sparrow1407
    @sparrow1407 4 місяці тому

    When I had a moth, its cocoon looked like a turd. (It was a wooly bear caterpillar/Isabella tiger moth )

  • @Sderrybugs
    @Sderrybugs 5 років тому +1

    I'm nice moth and butterfly 😊😍

  • @Savage_beast-bv3vo
    @Savage_beast-bv3vo 4 роки тому +32

    I accidently killed my pet moth, now I feel guilty. I flushed him down the toilet, because he was suffering. I had to make it quick. I want a replacement, but they all keep flying away. I tried with plain brown moths, so maybe that's why. I looked up "A pet moth" So I could learn how to keep one. The guilt of killing that moth is still on my mind. I named him Harry. One day, I accidently hit Harry. He landed on the floor. He was twitching a lot, and he could only move a little. He then just stopped moving, and started twitching a lot more. I had to flush him. It was the best option for him. I still miss him. Hopefully he's doing good up in heaven. Oh Harry... :'(

    • @exhibitionchristina4890
      @exhibitionchristina4890 3 роки тому +16

      Instead of flushing please put them in the freezer! It’s a much more relaxing and calming death

    • @--droopycatsoup-5907
      @--droopycatsoup-5907 3 роки тому +2

      how did you accidently hit him , sorry for prying if it makes makes you uncomfortable no pressure!!srythx alot charlotte:)

    • @staylor8385
      @staylor8385 3 роки тому +1

      It would probably be a lot better for you to just crush them with your hand my spider was in pain and I put it down with my foot.

    • @meadefamily9281
      @meadefamily9281 3 роки тому +1

      my moth died to but of just being old for 3 weeks he was old

    • @DeWessel97
      @DeWessel97 2 роки тому +3

      oh no thats so tragic im sorry im sure harry's okay in moth heaven

  • @startherussianwolfgoddess6482
    @startherussianwolfgoddess6482 4 роки тому +4

    I REALLY WÄNT Ä MÖTH

  • @H88_X
    @H88_X 2 роки тому

    I have a monarch now

  • @MrScaryPasta
    @MrScaryPasta 6 років тому +7

    Hey. I am keeping a Cabbage Looper Moth. Is there a way to feed it?

    • @ellegntolover7605
      @ellegntolover7605 6 років тому +10

      mix 3 parts of water to 1 part sugar. this will act as nectar for the moth :)

    • @MrScaryPasta
      @MrScaryPasta 6 років тому +1

      Matt The Claymation Man
      Thx.

    • @emmalynns197
      @emmalynns197 5 років тому +4

      You can mix suger and water until its dissolved or you can of corse use humming bird necter, i seguest useing s paper towel or sponge so the butterfly/month won't drown or get hurt. Or stuck even in the liquid. I also if you do it right somtimes u can use a toothpick to get the probosus or the tongue mind you out and move it to the liquid for it to eat.

  • @KazehareRaiden
    @KazehareRaiden Рік тому +1

    It is sad that most lepidoptera have quite short adult life spans
    Edit: Like my favorite lepidoptera the luna moth they are, so pretty

  • @user-bj2xy3eg9i
    @user-bj2xy3eg9i Рік тому

    こんなのを好きなだけ飼育出来たら楽しいだろうなぁ。うらやましい限り。

  • @masterlee2590
    @masterlee2590 2 роки тому +1

    I am just here coz I gotta jumping spider online and I tried spider with flies, crickets, wax worms, meal worms and aim the spider eats is fruit flies so I want to know how I can look after these wonderful creatures

  • @bellumxyz1421
    @bellumxyz1421 6 років тому +1

    Cool

  • @mcthongyep9316
    @mcthongyep9316 3 роки тому +1

    What oleander hawkmoth eat?

  • @rosehale539
    @rosehale539 3 роки тому +1

    I found a very small moth and her wings wer badly bent so i have been taking care of her

  • @random_frogg
    @random_frogg 3 роки тому +2

    Imma name mine clementine, to make tommyinnit jealous👁👄👁

  • @patricklawrencetabong1894
    @patricklawrencetabong1894 Рік тому

    I have an oleander hawk moth

  • @greaninn
    @greaninn 6 років тому +4

    I found an injured moth, it's an orange brown with eye like spots On each of its wings, it's wings are slightly torn and he can't fly. What kind is he? And what should I feed him?

  • @nerissacrawford8017
    @nerissacrawford8017 4 роки тому +1

    There are vampire moths too.

  • @strawberryfield6342
    @strawberryfield6342 3 місяці тому

    do any of you guys know what big cage he used for the atlas moth?

  • @shylah4638
    @shylah4638 4 роки тому +1

    I have a mother I have been helping him he showed up at our door he can't fly and won't leave me so I have to take him in as a pet I need help

  • @kamellakhalifa
    @kamellakhalifa 5 років тому +4

    Where can I buy butterfly/moth pupa?

    • @fairiesandmoths4167
      @fairiesandmoths4167 5 років тому +3

      Kamillionairexx you can buy them on the web very cheap well not all are cheap BUT beware some are scams and make you think it’s a moth or butterfly

    • @kamellakhalifa
      @kamellakhalifa 5 років тому +1

      @@fairiesandmoths4167 do you know a specific website?

    • @heleezy
      @heleezy 4 роки тому +3

      Kamella Khalifa I have been looking for months and can’t find a site

    • @kamellakhalifa
      @kamellakhalifa 4 роки тому

      @@heleezy I actually found some on ebay

    • @heleezy
      @heleezy 4 роки тому

      Do you still remember the seller or have a link?

  • @ka_fasila_12
    @ka_fasila_12 4 роки тому +1

    My path just dead .-.

  • @Alessia-r5
    @Alessia-r5 Місяць тому

    I found a pterophours pentadactyla on my water melon and i want to take care of it ❤ . Google said its a species of moth .

  • @user-lo8op9cs9e
    @user-lo8op9cs9e 5 років тому +3

    Cicadas are Beautiful to

  • @ladylucifer4601
    @ladylucifer4601 3 місяці тому

    Today me and my daddy washed our car and we and I Found a moth with a broken wing and kept it and named it mothy

  • @SarukoKun
    @SarukoKun 3 роки тому +2

    Just wish my lemon some leaves and fir butterflies, DO NOT LAY EGGS ON MAH LEMON I HAVE TOO MANY CATERPILLARS NOW, THANK YOU

  • @-whos.rei-
    @-whos.rei- 7 місяців тому

    I wanna keep the moth I found but I told my mum I found one but she said let him go- which is good but he didn’t fly away so I think he’s hurt

  • @apnq
    @apnq 3 роки тому

    where do you get them?, like order them

  • @jacktville
    @jacktville 3 роки тому +7

    Liked this video. But then I started to write a negative comment about how little of it was actually about the only reason I was watching. Aaaaaaaaannnnd........ theeen..... I changed it to a dislike.
    You guys are making great videos! Good filmography, good editing, good information.
    ....
    But.
    You guys need to either focus more on the actual topic and in much more detail or spend more time considering what to name your videos.

  • @PrimedBayar
    @PrimedBayar 2 роки тому

    Can you help me out with something, I’m thinking of getting the worlds largest moth for as a pet, do they need any heat? Like heat lamp or something

    • @Noobgaming-sh6kt
      @Noobgaming-sh6kt Місяць тому

      I got a Atlas month Today evening in my house

  • @potatomash7328
    @potatomash7328 2 роки тому

    I have a tiny moth that I just adopted after accidentally pouring hot water from a kettle on it and I need to know what I can feed it lol

  • @morgue83
    @morgue83 Рік тому

    Remember, Hairy is Scary

  • @stealthfleet5519
    @stealthfleet5519 6 років тому +15

    Intro is so long

  • @Chairman1717
    @Chairman1717 5 років тому +1

    Mosura ya Mosura

  • @jesusdiedforyouproofjohn3.16
    @jesusdiedforyouproofjohn3.16 8 місяців тому

    Praise the LORD for creating moths.

  • @martinezfamily6439
    @martinezfamily6439 5 років тому

    I have one i found it today

  • @3377nsjsjsj
    @3377nsjsjsj 3 роки тому

    My moth burned his wings will he be fine

    • @3377nsjsjsj
      @3377nsjsjsj 3 роки тому

      Pls respond i wanna put him wild back

    • @mysticallavender-200
      @mysticallavender-200 2 роки тому

      He probably won't be able to go back in the wild. He won't fly properly so he'll just die

  • @zachduperron8543
    @zachduperron8543 6 років тому +2

    I usually like to breed one butterfly species called Vanessa Cardiu or the painted lady since they are common and easy to obtain I hope I can domesticate them and maybe shape turn them into more docile less scared butterflies

  • @slamacatgt4296
    @slamacatgt4296 3 роки тому

    I burned mine alive

  • @pianocat1154
    @pianocat1154 6 років тому +2

    First

  • @DAG_M
    @DAG_M 4 роки тому

    "beautiful" gross as hell..

    • @DAG_M
      @DAG_M 2 роки тому

      @Sahelanthropus tchadensis XDDD??

    • @B3autySparks
      @B3autySparks Рік тому

      thats what we think about you

    • @DAG_M
      @DAG_M Рік тому

      @@B3autySparks As you wish, you don't have to like me

    • @B3autySparks
      @B3autySparks Рік тому

      @@DAG_M nawww I feel bad now lmfao

  • @leeisaliveinmyheart8790
    @leeisaliveinmyheart8790 5 років тому

    I want to get a Atlas Moth for my cat to play and kill it, both I want to get larvae or multiples so I am here and will learn how to take care of them until they are all dead, and then I will get more.