C.Rayz's photos with the keyword: Acronicta psi

See Lumpy's story .

Finally a photo of a positive ID on a Grey Dagger. See Lumpy's story .

...Approx 2 days later he moulted again, becoming a far paler yellow and larger, and his lumpyness hairer. Replaced birch every two days, he would pick a leaf and eat it to the stem. On July 9 2010, he disappeared in the container, after careful examination I found him in a small crevice between the sponge and glass in the watering tube. I assumed he maybe looking for a place to pupate, because of the small amount of web he had formed and luckily found him early enough to move him back into the container, where I placed two small portions of egg try. I read they crawl under bark or into wood or litter in crevices and pupate, so he has happily gotten between the two. In the early hours of 10 July, I could hear him at work spinning web, and double checked later today and he is inbetween them somewhere. I'll wait about 3 days now and loosen them to make sure he is ok. Few days later I loosened the egg crates and checked that he wiggled for me, he did, I placed him back under the egg crates and left him there in a cold part of the house, checking on him periodically throughout the winter months. In the middle of April I brought him into the warmer room...

...Today 14 May 2011 he has emerged and looks fantastic. He was fully pumped up by 9.30 am so i went ahead and photographed him and left him on the MothLog outside. He hid in the crevas so this evening I woke him up he didnt want to leave, but i gave him a gentle fling and away he went.

See Lumpy's story .

See Lumpy's story .

Grey Dagger Moth (Acronicta psi) Code Name: Lumpy While doing garden trap, noticed caterpillar on hedgy red leaved plant near fence, in small amount of webbing. Recognized it as a dagger and brought it indoors. Looked up what to feed, tried Dogwood but no luck, while waiting to get downstairs to get birch, he moulted and was a very bright yellow now. I went down to get birch and he began eating well. He has grown and his lumpyness is showing...