Hi everyone,
So I’ve been keeping butterfly, moth and beetles (mainly swallowtail and Daphnis spp.) for many years now, and I just concern about something I’ve never give a thought about it before.
So, normally I would collect caterpillas from the nearby jungle, take care of it until it reach adult and released it back, 95% of it often survive. The question is, Would this cause ecological damage? considering in the nature, only few eggs survive. And other animal also need to eat those to survive as well?
So I’ve been keeping butterfly, moth and beetles (mainly swallowtail and Daphnis spp.) for many years now, and I just concern about something I’ve never give a thought about it before.
So, normally I would collect caterpillas from the nearby jungle, take care of it until it reach adult and released it back, 95% of it often survive. The question is, Would this cause ecological damage? considering in the nature, only few eggs survive. And other animal also need to eat those to survive as well?