IN CLOSING...

There's many other aspects to rearing moths (or butterflies), and the only limit is the amount of time and interest you have in it! As for ME, I have a greenhouse - thus assuring me of "greenery" year 'round, plus most of my half-acre yard is pretty much filled to to capacity with plants! These are in pots....... and many are taller than I am, and their height is limited to the height of the screen room I rear the caterpillars in (For you lacking a screen room/porch, a screen tent works perfect!).

Many of the plants have been in pots now for over ten years, and I "Bonsai" them every other year or so to keep them growing well, and the plants THEMSELVES have become quite a hobby in itself!

Some have asked me "Why moths and not butterflies?". Well both are easy to raise, and maybe in time there'll be "Joe's Butterfly Page" - explaining how a simple setup (like a screen tent), containing both potted nectar plants for the adults, plus the foodplant for the larvae, which the female will lay her eggs on, as well as a list of butterflies that fly well in captivity (and which ones don't!), and maybe there'll even be a section showing the ease of transplanting/growing the plants, and the preferred foodplants for certain butterflies, as well as the best "everblooming" nectar - like Pentas for example - but who wants to go through all THAT when all it takes is a paper sack to toss the female moth into instead?!

This page is gets updated regularly, and other things are constantly being added to it! Soon this will be the most detailed - yet SIMPLE-TO-UNDERSTAND and FREE Internet source for the beginner at this fascinating hobby!

(Most recently updated on August 18, 2007)

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How to BREED your moths


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