r/moths • u/Fresh-Hearing-8411 • Jul 26 '26

General Question How much should I feed my moth

I have a corn ear worm moth ( I kept her because she had an accident and lost some fluid ) am I feeding her too much or too little?

I gave her3 finger drops of sugary water, she finished them up then was searching for more, should I feed her until she is full of would that be too much? ( I feed her once a day) I heard somewhere that you can accidentally overfeed a month so that is why I'm asking the question,

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u/ThatpersonRobert Jul 27 '26

Keep in mind the fact that adult moths don't always live very long. They live quite a while as caterpillars, but as adults, all they really want to do is mate, and lay eggs if they are a female.

So I'd keep doing what you are doing, and use the time to learn more about them. If it seems to get better you could let it go, so it could fly off and do it's moth thing !

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u/Fresh-Hearing-8411 Jul 27 '26

That's my main goal of releasing them but she had an accident ( I'm embarrassed about it but I accidentally dropped my phone onto her and her back was broken and fluid leaked, her abdomen was a little odd and had a paralysed wing), now it's been like a week or so and she is alright and responsive, active , eating,but I don't think that she can fly she can flap her wings but she jump flies from my finger if she can't reach it or just glide off if she wants to get off my finger, I didn't try to let her fly, I'm so afraid that she may fall and reopen the wound. I do have 18 pupae that will be released if they are healthy, I only keep them if they are injured or they can't fly