Kleinmond seaside pine emperor #1 reared

20 Oct 2015

Collected two medium sized pine emperor moth caterpillars on Searsia sp at the boardwalk along the coast by Palmiet, Kleinmond WC.

23 Nov 2015

Caterpillar started to burrow down into soil provided.

3 Dec 2015

I had a look and found that it had pupated successfully.

8 April 2016

Perfect adult emerged.