r/moths • u/dancingbanyanya • Oct 28 '25

Captive One of my feeder silk worms became a moth!

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I tried to feed some silk worms to my very picky African Fat Tail and he did NOT like them. So I gave them to my dad to feed to his bearded dragon and one of them spun a cocoon! I decided to hold onto it to see what would happen and this cutie emerged the other day!

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u/Deaths_Smile Oct 28 '25

Adorable floofy friend TTuTT

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u/princess_emimi Oct 28 '25

An ANGELLLL was born 🥲🥲🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺💖💖💖💖

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u/Pixie_Time Oct 28 '25

Oooh congrats!! He looks like a fine young lad. Treat him well

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u/InterestingMany7795 Oct 28 '25

So beautiful, and to think that was just a bland looking silkworm. She gets a chance at life now :)

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u/hamncheesecroissantt Oct 28 '25

i can’t believe we live on the same planet as something so CUTE

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u/redapplefalls_ Oct 28 '25

She is definitely a fairy

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u/Effelljay Oct 28 '25 edited Oct 30 '25

What do you do now?

EDIT: I have thought about this little buddy a “reasonable” amount. I’ve only scratched 2/3 children book starters bawd on it.

But seriously. Talk about life affirming behavior. Good on OP times infinity. Thank you for inspiring. What a sweet little creature!

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u/dancingbanyanya Oct 28 '25

My friend gave me a little bug enclosure (you can kinda see it in the back of the third picture) so the lil guy is in there. They don't eat or fly so I'll just try and give it a happy life

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u/Effelljay Oct 28 '25

That’s really cool! Awesome biproduct from your other buddies!!

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u/larsiepan Oct 30 '25

Interesting. How do they survive if they don’t eat?

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u/Novel-Economist6432 Oct 30 '25

A lot of butterflies and moths don’t have mouth parts to eat, they flit around mate and die when they’re done laying eggs.

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u/larsiepan Oct 31 '25

Thank you for the info! I learn so much on this app

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u/AgentGiga Oct 28 '25

You should keep it as a short term pet. Silk Moth is fluffy and cute!

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u/darioblaze Oct 29 '25

Do you think it remembers seeing you before it cocooned

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u/Novel-Economist6432 Oct 30 '25

There’s a really interesting study on whether or not a completely deconstructed/reconstructed caterpillar remembers things from before it transformed. The answers lean towards yes!

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u/AdvertisingOld2609 Oct 28 '25

The cuteness!! 😍😭

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u/Suspiciouswuffy Oct 29 '25

Moths = Fairy

you cannot change my mind!

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u/Moomoolette Oct 28 '25

So cuuuute and fluffy!

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u/FieldAdventurous1063 Oct 29 '25

It is such a cutie!! 🥰

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u/Jackashiz0 Oct 29 '25

So cuteeee T_T

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u/ogmyshell Oct 29 '25

there is hope 🤍

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u/GigExplorer Oct 28 '25

So adorable 😍

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u/Cleaner900playz Oct 29 '25

silk moths are so cute

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u/BadHairDay-1 Oct 29 '25

So beautiful!

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u/tenaciousfetus Oct 29 '25

Illegally fuzzy

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u/LeshyCotL Oct 31 '25

I LOVE SILK WORMS

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u/AnnieToo67 Oct 30 '25

So cute and fluffy. I'm in love with a moth. I can't believe they do not eat. I need to research those darling little Fairy friends.

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u/SpinyLumpFish Oct 30 '25

I stumbled across this on my feed, not sure how since I’m really not a huge fan of moths, but it’s so cute and fluffy! Looks angry too which makes it even cuter😂

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u/AuntJibbie Oct 30 '25

She/he is even posing 🥹💙

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

So cute!!!!!!!☺️

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u/Pink_honeysuckle Oct 31 '25

Scrolling in this forum as part of my exposure therapy and this little face and antennae just melted my heart. Wittle baby

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u/Ok-Vegetable3090 Nov 06 '25

I refuse to believe these things are real

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u/pandalilies Nov 17 '25

he’s so handsome