Emperor Moth Caterpillar - Bert

When I was up at Sandwich Bay recently they had a load of Emperor Moth Caterpillars from eggs laid in the trap. So Liz and I each brought two home.

This one is much smaller but at the same instar so we'll see if he ever catches up with the other one. I'm hoping this means this is a male.

They are probably at final instar and will pupate sometime soon, then need to be refrigerated for the winter. Brought back out around end of Feburary or begining of March and will hopefully emerge in April.